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Household agricultural production for self-consumption is often highlighted by nutritionists as the main route to increasing household food security and nutritional status, especially for the poor in…
| Peer Reviewed | TanzaniaWildlife is widely becoming an important vehicle for rural development in most third-world countries across the globe. With wildlife, as with other conservation and development policies, policymakers…
| EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaThe loss of ecosystems in cities may involve high long-term economic costs and severe impacts on social, cultural, and economic values. However, it is difficult to put a number on the benefits of…
| EfD Discussion Paper | EthiopiaTick-borne diseases are emerging and re-emerging threats causing public health concerns in Europe and North America. Prevention and control require understanding of human exposure and behaviour. The…
| Peer Reviewed | Global HubEnergy Performance Certificates (EPCs) aim to inform owners, occupiers, tenants, real estate agents and other relevant groups about the energy efficiency of buildings. Although house buyers and…
| Peer Reviewed | ColombiaIn this paper, we try to understand pesticide input decisions among Vietnamese rice producers by examining the production risk effects of pesticide use, applying both a lottery game and a more…
| Peer Reviewed | ChileFlood risk management has become important more than ever, because an escalating threat of unpredictable and extreme weather is affecting flood-prone communities. People-centred risk communication has…
| Peer Reviewed | VietnamTourism development is considered a key accompanying strategy in creating alternative livelihood options for the communities living in and adjacent to the Marine Protected Areas. This paper examines…
| Peer Reviewed | VietnamPayments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes incentivise landowners to maintain, restore or enhance ecosystem services. Currently, there are more than 550 active PES programmes worldwide, expected to…
| Peer Reviewed | ColombiaThe relevance of social networks sometimes referred to in Ghana as “whom you know” in the job acquisition process and its effect on labour market outcomes (wages, job satisfaction and job tenure) have…
| Peer Reviewed | Ghana