High level of gender research presented at the EfD Annual Meeting
This year a large number of gender research papers was presented by environmental economists at the EfD Annual Meeting. Gender analysis is gaining traction and EfD’s program to increase the number of…
Smart water meters in South African schools drive down water wastage, saving millions of Rands
Giving teaching staff regular, detailed information about a school’s hour-by-hour water readings through the use of a smart water meter can bring greater vigilance to a school’s water use, and help…
Effects of capacity building methods might not be enough
In most of research and development projects there’s a capacity building component, but are these efforts effective? EfD researchers conducted a study that shows that capacity building workshops had…
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Central America
South African squid fishing: jobs, policies threat to sustainability of industry
Squid fishing along the coast near Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, is a precarious business for the hand-line fishermen employed to work on the small commercial boats that fish these…
The EfD Initiative welcomes Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah as Research Manager
The EfD Initiative welcomes Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah as Research Manager. Dr. Amuakwa is an economist with a strong background in environmental and natural resource economics, agricultural economics &…
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Sweden
Behavioural economist scoops major award for water-saving research
Cape Town made international news during the three-year drought which threatened to shut down the city’s water supply at the height of the crisis in January 2018. During this time, a team of…
Call For Papers | Seventh GGKP Annual Conference on "Achieving Global Energy Transformation"
The Global Green Growth Institute ( GGGI ) and the Green Growth Knowledge Platform ( GGKP ) have issued a Call for Papers for the Seventh GGKP Annual Conference ( #GGKP7 ). The conference will focus…
EfD has a new board
As part of its institutionalization, EfD is now proud to announce its new strategic board. ‘This board is constituted of my dream-team’, says Director, Gunnar Köhlin. Each of the board members brings…
Carbon pricing: a policy tool for sustainable growth (2019)
Putting a price on carbon in global markets allows for the trade in carbon to be taxed. Carbon taxing is an effective economic tool to drive down countries’ emissions. Developing world countries are