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The 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…
8 March 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | EthiopiaThis paper examines relationships between crop insurance participation and input technology decisions among Chilean wheat farmers. Using nation-wide farm-level data from the National Agriculture and…
23 August 2017 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChileEmpirical assessment of relationships between land use and land cover (LULC) and drinking water chemical treatment cost is lacking in developing countries. This study is conducted to assess the impact…
4 February 2020 | EfD Discussion Paper | EthiopiaClimate change has compounded the uncertainties inherent in agriculture. Farmers have to make decisions faced with increasingly fluctuating weather, leaving them vulnerable. Access to climate-related…
4 February 2020 | EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaApplications of lab experiments to real-world phenomena are limited. We fill the gap by examining how gender attitudes and performance under competitive situations in the lab reflect microenterprise…
4 February 2020 | EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaResponse time is a possible indicator of the cognitive processes employed by choice experiment participants when making choices. The decision-making literature suggests a positive correlation between…
4 February 2020 | EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaPolicymakers have little experience regarding designing the right levels of pricing for plastic bags. Prices for bags are generally set low and are largely a symbolic reminder to consumers of the…
4 February 2020 | EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaAlthough field experimental methods are the workhorse of researchers interested in risk preferences, practitioners find surveys easier to implement. This paper compares results from experimental…
24 October 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaThe overarching purpose of this discussion paper is to provide a starting point for consideration of the implications of changing households’ access to forests and forest products and to changing…
24 October 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper |In the period 2015-2018, the City of Cape Town experienced a sustained drought that eventually reduced the city’s usable reserves to 10% of capacity. Fortunately, there were individual water meters in…
24 October 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | South Africa