The Environment for Development initiative started in 2007 and this is the report for the first three-year period. EfD is an initiative to support environmental economics capacity to conduct research…

This paper examines the concern for relative standing among rural households in China. We used a survey-experimental method to measure to what extent poor Chinese farmers care about their relative…

Wednesday 31 March 2010, EfD/EPRU Researcher Dr Stephanie Giamporcaro presented to investors, media and fellow academics the findings of the report: Environmentally Responsible Investment in South…

“To do high-quality research, you need to find out what policy makers need and nurture the interaction,” says Maria Angelica Naranjo, EfD researcher in Central America. Her research colleagues Roger…

Unplanned, aggressive coastal development is threatening beautiful beaches. To help address one of Costa Rica’s most serious environmental problems, researchers from the Environment for Development…

Despite of the clear global environmental benefits of increasing the amount of protected areas, how these conservation policies affect the well being of individuals in nearby localities is still under…

How can economics best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Professor Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, together with Nicholas Stern, who wrote the The Stern Review, and Nobel…

A new EfD/RFF Book titled "Land Reforms in Asia and Africa - Impacts on Poverty and Natural Resource Management" is planned for 2012. Editors are Professors Stein Holden and Keijiro Otsuka. The…

The chapter explores the links between ecosystem services (ES) and agricultural productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Where feasible, the discussion presents, in economic terms, the…

Part of the UNDP Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean: A biodiversity super power. Report aims to inform policy makers and businesses in LAC about the economic risks and opportunities of…