This is the activity report for the agreement between Sida and the Environmental Economics Unit for 2010. It is an extension of the agreement for the period 2007 – 2009 in support of programs pertaining to environmental economics activities (Sida ref: 2006-002684, Komponent:73000988). The overall development objective for the program is to improve welfare among poor people in developing countries by preventing pollution and natural resource depletion, and to promote sustainable use of natural resources and ecosystems through the use of environmental economics tools.
To fulfill this objective the program consists of two main activities: (i) Doctoral studies in environmental economics(ii) Expert advice to Sida.
The more specific project objectives for these activities are (i) to increase capacity for environmental economics analysis and applications at universities and institutions in developing countries(ii) enhanced integration of environmental concerns in Swedish development cooperation.
The report presents the two components of the program.
It starts with capacity building through graduate training, and contains a description of the program, the specialization courses given, and a presentation of the students and their publications.
This is followed by a presentation of the Expert Advice to Sida, including the integration of environment and climate change in Swedish Development Cooperation Strategies, methodological development and advice in Swedish Development Cooperation, capacity building in Swedish development cooperation and methodological development in international processes.
In the original plan for 2010 we also included a component of “Joint Program Activities”. At the end of the report we show how these activities have supported and have been incorporated into the two main components.
Please contact us if you would like to receive a free hard copy of this report: info@efdinitiative.org
