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Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have become one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. Their claim on financial and time resources adversely affects household welfare. Households…
16 January 2017 | Peer Reviewed | KenyaDespite a remarkable progress in the control and management of communicable diseases over the past century, the world is not better-off as the prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) is on the…
16 January 2017 | Peer Reviewed | KenyaNon-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have been on the increase in Kenya over the past decade. This rising trend has led NCDs to account for over 30% of the annual total disease-related deaths in the…
16 January 2017 | Peer Reviewed | KenyaDespite its importance in benefit-cost analyses in the water supply, transportation, and health care sectors, there are relatively few empirical estimates of the value of travel time savings (VTT) in…
16 January 2017 | Peer Reviewed | KenyaAs the disease burden of poor access to water and sanitation declines around the world, the non-health benefits – mainly the time burden of water collection – will likely grow in importance in sector…
16 January 2017 | Peer Reviewed | KenyaWe analyse the nitrogen oxide gas emissions of different productive sectors in Spain. Using input–output analysis, we study all sectors as subsystems of the economy and decompose into different…
13 January 2017 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaBecause of scale effects, idea-based growth models imply that larger countries should be much richer than smaller ones. New trade models share the same counterfactual feature. In fact, new trade…
13 January 2017 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaEcosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being promoted as a cost-effective means of adaptation to climate change. However, in spite of considerable international press, there is still little…
10 January 2017 | Peer Reviewed | South AfricaPayments for ecosystem services (PES) typically reward landowners for managing their land to provide ecosystem services that would not otherwise be provided. REDD+—Reduced Emissions from Deforestation…
28 December 2016 | Peer Reviewed | TanzaniaAs the world`s population is constantly growing, food security will remain on the policy Agenda, particularly in Africa. At the same time, global food systems experience a new wave focusing on local…
28 December 2016 | Peer Reviewed | Tanzania