There is a danger that the recovery after the pandemic and the desire for continued rapid growth will jeopardize previous steps towards a green economy in China. Jintao Xu is a Center Director at EfD
Ethiopia has ambitious plans to transition towards a green economy. Meet Dawit Woubishet Mulatu, a researcher at the Environment and Climate Research Center (ECRC), EfD Ethiopia. He spoke with us
EfD is developing creative approaches to healthier air in Bogotá, where air pollution hits the poorest residents particularly hard. Meet Jorge Alexander Bonilla, Senior Research Fellow, and Director
The Southern region has been proven to be a fast-growing agricultural area. The restructuring of crops and livestock is providing opportunities for agricultural market development to improve…
A new report published by the renowned think tank Brookings features one section called Recipe for a green recovery: Carbon taxes.“We have been preaching about carbon taxes for decades, but we think…
EfD Vietnam has played a key role in the revision of the environmental law in Vietnam, such as introducing market-based instruments. Meet Pham Khanh Nam, Director of the EfD Center in Vietnam and Dean
There is a divide in energy access studies, between technologically-focused modeling papers in engineering and economics, and energy justice frameworks and principles grounded in social sciences. Quantitative computational models are necessary when analyzing energy, and more specifically electricity, systems, as they are technologically-complex systems that can diverge from intuitive patterns.
National park agencies in Africa often lack incentives to maximize revenue, despite the decline in conservation subsidies from the State. We explore the potential of pricing policy to generate funds for extensive conservation. We estimate recreation demand by international tourists for a popular South African park, calculate the consumer surplus and find the revenue-maximizing entrance fee. Our results suggest substantial underpricing and therefore significant forgone income.