Addressing plastic bags consumption crises through store monetary and non-monetary interventions in South Africa
This research analyses the impact of retailer interventions focusing on the promotion of reusable bags to reduce plastic bag consumption. For this purpose, retail outlet data for March 2018–February 2020 was used. The retail outlet data was analyzed using a panel fixed effects model to evaluate the impact of three treatments on plastic and reusable bag consumption in South Africa.
Sanctioned Quotas Versus Information Provisioning for Community Wildlife Conservation in Zimbabwe: A Framed Field Experiment Approach
AbstractWe investigate the behavioural responses of natural common-pool resource users to three policy interventions—sanctioned quotas, information provisioning, and a combination of both. We focus on situations in which users find utility in multiple resources (pastures and wild animal stocks) that all stem from the same ecosystem with complex dynamics, and management could trigger a regime shift, drastically altering resource regrowth. We performed a framed field experiment with 384 villagers from communities managing common-pool wildlife in Zimbabwe.
The elasticity of commercial water demand in Nairobi, Kenya – An Instrumental Variable Estimation
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The 18th Annual Meeting of the Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative is organized by EfD-Kenya, the Department of Economics, and Development Studies, the University of Nairobi, and the EfD Global Hub in collaboration with the African Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AFAERE) on October 3-6, 2024.
Poverty and gender considerations in marine spatial planning
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The report provides a framework for ensuring that marine spatial planning (MSP) does not worsen poverty and gender inequality in developing countries, and that potentially marginalised groups are appropriately considered and engaged in the MSP process.
This report provides guidelines for the steps of a more inclusive MSP process.
The findings indicate that a scorecard can be used to guide the social sustainability of the MSP process. The criteria in the scorecard include:
Participants in the Inclusive Green Economy program shared experiences with colleagues
EfD Ethiopia organized a Training-of-Trainers workshop where the previous participants in the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program of 2022, IGE Fellows, shared their experiences with other senior…
EfD Central America researcher talks about climate change in ECO TV
Bárbara Viguera, a junior researcher of EfD Central America, was interviewed by the journalist Lisseth Alva about the impacts of climate change, during the one-hour television program called ECO TV…