In this paper, we investigate what the literature has found by analyzing the relationship between trade liberalization and deforestation Our goals are to identify the areas where the literature has…

This paper investigates the factors affecting international tourism demand for Tanzania. Tanzania recognises the potential of international tourism in accelerating socio-economic development…

This paper investigates whether South African households and small businesses can take advantage of the country's substantial wind resources to produce their own power from small- scale wind turbines…

Raising the price of fossil fuels is a key component of any effective policy to deal with climate change. Just how effective such policies are is decided by the price elasticities of demand. Many…

This paper deals with bioprospecting defined as the purposeful search for natural compounds undertaken by pharmaceutical or biotechnology firms to find leads necessary for the development of new drugs…

The paper develops a dynamic discrete choice model of a self-interested and unchecked ruler making decisions regarding the development of a resource rich country. We develop a dynamic discrete choice…

By making use of national historical data and statistical analysis, this paper argues that community-based wildlife conservation is a feasible hedge asset for agricultural production in rural Zimbabwe…

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This paper analyses the development and economic functioning of the car guards industry with the understanding that the market exhibits quasipublic good characteristics. Car guards have become a part…