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We analyse the NOx gas emissions of different productive sectors in Spain. Using input–output analysis, we study all sectors as subsystems of the economy and classify them according to the explanatory…

13 January 2017 | Research Brief | Central America

Insurance is a key element for farmers’ investment decisions, but only if the government clearly communicates that it cannot provide full debt relief to all. This research examines the effect of…

20 December 2016 | Research Brief | Central America

The United Nations Programme to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) is a plan to mitigate climate change by making payments to developing countries that conserve forests…

26 April 2016 | Research Brief | Ethiopia

The research analyzes the impact of climate change (including increased variability and less predictability of temperature and rainfall) on food security in Kenya. The study is based on county-level…

19 January 2016 | Research Brief | Kenya

Zimbabwe’s community-based conservation model, which brings together peasant farmers in a tourism-focused approach to wildlife management, has not reduced the community’s poaching pressure on wildlife…

15 December 2015 | Research Brief | South Africa

Recreational angling in South Africa is not well monitored, even though recreational fishing contributes to over-exploitation of line fish stocks. This is because authorities don’t have the resources…

15 December 2015 | Research Brief | South Africa

The Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve is a 100 km long coastal stretch of towering mountains and craggy beaches about an hour’s drive east of Cape Town. The dramatic landscape, rare botanical diversity and…

15 December 2015 | Research Brief | South Africa

We use city-level data from the daily air pollution index and meteorological data on wind movement to see whether air pollution in China spills over from one city to another. We find that (i): a city…

16 November 2015 | Research Brief | China

We use county-level data on crop yields and cropland to estimate the potential biomass supply from crop residues in China. We find that China can potentially produce about 250 million dry metric tons…

16 November 2015 | Research Brief | China

This study looks into the effect of resource collection (fuelwood collection and fetching water) on child education using data collected from rural Ethiopia. We find that, in general, natural resource…

13 October 2015 | Research Brief | Ethiopia