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This study used a sample of 336 households and community-level data from 30 communities around Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe to analyse the association between institutions and cooperation…
16 November 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaTo alleviate traffic congestion, one of the most pressing urban challenges in developing countries, Beijing’s government has been investing increasingly in subway infrastructure. In this study, using…
17 September 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaSince its creation more than two decades ago as a voluntary market-based approach to improving forest management, forest certification has proliferated rapidly in developing countries. Yet we know…
17 September 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper |This paper demonstrates the importance of wildlife in the portfolio of environmental income in the livelihoods of poor rural communities living adjacent to a national park. The results show that…
20 August 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaClimate and weather variability in sub-Saharan Africa disproportionately leave female-headed households food insecure. However, the extent and reasons for these gender differences are, thus far, not…
20 August 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaUsing a unique city-level panel on the daily air pollution index (API) and fine-scale meteorological data from 2009 to 2013 in China, we examine the existence and the magnitude of spatial spillover…
6 August 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaAlthough Kenya enjoys a high and widespread daily solar insolation, and despite enactment of policies to promote adoption of renewable energy technologies, not many households have picked up solar…
6 August 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | KenyaThe increasing block tariff (IBT) is among the most widely used tariffs by water utilities, particularly in developing countries. This is in part due to the perception that the IBT can effectively…
28 July 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | KenyaIn many lower-income countries, the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) involves significant opportunity costs for artisanal fishers, reflected in changes in how they allocate their labor…
27 July 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central America, TanzaniaIn developing countries such as Ethiopia, rural households spend a considerable part of their time in agriculture as well as resource collection. However, rigorous empirical studies on the impacts of…
18 June 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | Ethiopia