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As conflict, climate shocks, and land/water degradation—the “triple challenge”—continue to exert increasing pressure upon fishing and farming livelihoods in many developing countries, a need exists to…
| Peer Reviewed | Nigeria
Tropical forests, irreplaceable for their role in supporting terrestrial biodiversity conservation, are extremely vulnerable to destruction and degradation.
| Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaAbstract Many developing countries are stimulating their firms to compete in world markets as part of the efforts to promote economic growth. This move is, however, driven by desirable performance…
| Book Chapter | TanzaniaMany macroeconomic variables undergo business cycle episodes (fluctuations), which makes the variables change dramatically. Hence, the causality between these variables could be hidden by the presence…
| Peer Reviewed | GhanaAbstract One reason carbon prices are difficult to implement is that they might impose high costs on poor and vulnerable households. In response, studies often highlight that recycling revenues…
| Discussion Paper |Abstract While carbon pricing, in general, and carbon taxes, in particular, are popular with economists, they are subject to considerable misunderstanding among policymakers and the public. In this…
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Objectives. To describe the prevalence of and risk factors for workplace violence among Ugandan adolescents.Methods. The analysis focused on adolescents recruited at primary schools who participated...
| Peer Reviewed | Uganda
Agricultural commercialization is expected to enhance a wide array of household welfare indicators, notably, nutrition. Using LSMS-ISA survey data for Uganda, this paper examines the channels through...
| Peer Reviewed | UgandaExperiencing an extreme weather event and its consequences might make the risks associated with climate change more tangible, easier to evaluate, and more salient. Consequently, those experiences…
| Peer Reviewed | Global Hub