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Uncertainty about the future is an important determinant of well-being, especially in developing countries where financial markets and other market failures result in ineffective insurance mechanisms…
29 January 2014 | EfD Discussion Paper | Sweden, Ethiopia, Global HubThe People’s Republic of China-Global Environment Facility Partnership to Combat Land Degradation in Dryland Ecosystems promotes an integrated ecosystem management (IEM) approach to restore, sustain…
19 January 2014 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenUsing data spanning 15 years, we study subjective and consumption poverty in urban Ethiopia. Despite rapid economic growth and declining consumption poverty, subjective poverty remains largely…
2 December 2013 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Ethiopia, Global HubThe transport sector contributes almost a fifth of the current global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), and its share is likely to increase in the future. The US, Brazil, and a number of European…
29 December 2013 | EfD Discussion Paper | SwedenThis paper reviews and in part extends an emerging literature that integrates development and environmental thinking. It focuses on a small part of the literature: economic evaluation, and goes on to…
18 December 2013 | Other Publications | SwedenIn Rwanda, access to water is seen as a significant constraint to development in both urban and rural areas. The government and foreign donors give priority to improving access to water for…
2 December 2013 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenLevels of trust are measured by asking standard survey questions on trust and by observing the behaviour in a trust game using a random sample in rural Bangladesh. Follow-up questions and correlations…
24 November 2013 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenIncentives conditioned on socially desired acts such as donating blood, departing conflict or mitigating climate change have increased in popularity. Many incentives are targeted, excluding some of…
20 October 2013 | Other Publications | Central America, SwedenThis is a PhD dissertation by Haileselassie Medhin and containing seven self-contained papers: Paper 1: Thanks but No Thanks: A New Policy to Reduce Land Conflict Paper 2: Experimentation and Social…
13 October 2013 | Thesis PHD | Sweden, Ethiopia