Adaptive investment with land tenure and weather risk: Behavioral evidence from Tanzania
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Abstract: Two important risks faced by many smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are erratic weather patterns and insecure land tenure. It is likely these risks will increasingly interact as projections of more erratic weather make small-scale farming more difficult and demand for rural land grows.
Improving payment for essential services – A field experiment in Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract: Utilities across the global require stable revenue streams to provide customers access to high quality energy, water, sanitation, and other essential services. This requires policy makers to set prices to cover costs, promote the efficient use of resources, and ensure services are affordable. It also requires that customers pay their bills. Historically, utilities have used disconnections, or the threat of disconnection, to compel customers to pay their bills on time.
Household energy consumption and main environmental impacts in Addis Ababa city.
EfD Ethiopia and Addis Ababa City Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), signed a contract on February 15, to study Household energy consumption and main environmental impacts in Addis Ababa city
Disparity in housing affordability: evidence from a developing city
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This study addresses critical gaps in the existing literature by investigating housing affordability in developing countries and integrating quality considerations into standard affordability measures. Using survey data from a random sample of 670 households in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, we conducted a distributional analysis to examine disparity in housing affordability and regression analysis to investigate factors influencing housing affordability. Our results reveal significant disparities in housing expenditure within HCMC households.
The effect of information about hazardous chemicals in consumer products on behaviour – A systematic review
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A B S T R A C T
Exposure to hazardous chemicals in consumer products poses significant risks to personal health and the environment, and the combined effects may be negative even if each individual exposure is low. This necessitates informed and effective policies for risk reduction.
