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We estimate the effects on deforestation that have resulted from policy interactions between parks and payments and between park buffers and payments in Costa Rica between 2000 and 2005. We show that…
13 October 2015 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaMaize is a strategic commodity for improving food security and alleviating poverty in Tanzania, but its productivity remains low. The importance of improved maize varieties (IMVs) in increasing…
13 October 2015 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia, TanzaniaThis study looks into the effect of resource collection (fuelwood collection and fetching water) on child education using data collected from rural Ethiopia. We find that, in general, natural resource…
13 October 2015 | Research Brief | EthiopiaThe Environment and Climate Research Center aims to support green and climateresilient development. The center is based at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). The other two partner…
13 October 2015 | Other Publications | EthiopiaThe Climate conference in ParisDecember 2015 is described as “last chance” or “5 to twelve” but in the climate arena there is a risk that we have over-utilized the doomsday vocabulary already in the…
13 October 2015 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenEven though antiretroviral treatment is becoming more efficient and available, new HIV infections still occur, and this is particularly evident in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Heterosexual…
29 September 2015 | Peer Reviewed | South Africa, TanzaniaThis paper examines the impact of agriculture-related shocks on consumption patterns of rural farming households using 3 years of data from South Africa. We make two key observations. First…
29 September 2015 | Peer Reviewed | South Africa, TanzaniaTo alleviate traffic congestion, one of the most pressing urban challenges in developing countries, Beijing’s government has been investing increasingly in subway infrastructure. In this study, using…
17 September 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaSince its creation more than two decades ago as a voluntary market-based approach to improving forest management, forest certification has proliferated rapidly in developing countries. Yet we know…
17 September 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper |Make wind and solar power even cheaper by opening up access to the electricity gridand ending fossil-fuel subsidies, urge Gernot Wagner and colleagues. Putting a price on carbon dioxide and other…
8 September 2015 | Other Publications | Sweden