Many low-income households in developing countries spend a sizeable proportion of their income on energy largely due to the use of secondhand electrical appliances which are energy inefficient. This
Policymakers frequently voice concerns that carbon pricing could impair economic development in the short run, especially in low-income countries such as Uganda. Using a consumer demand system for energy and food items, this analysis examines how households’ welfare, and demand for food and energy, would respond to a carbon price of USD40/tCO2. Findings indicate welfare losses of 0.2–12 per cent of household expenditure on food and fuel, due to the carbon price.
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
Heat reduces labor productivity and output in formal manufacturing but little is known about its impacts on the earnings and welfare of workers in the informal sector that comprise 82\% of the labor force in low-income and lower-middle-income countries. This study reports the results from daily surveys of nearly 400 workers in two slums in Delhi for a month in the summer of 2019.
The economic impact of climate change, especially in Africa, is tremendous. As Africans battle with severe weather conditions like floods and droughts, their limited infrastructure is overstretched and, in most cases, cannot withstand the impact. The rains are flooding cities in Nigeria as drought ravages cities in South Africa. When events like these occur, people look to the media for information, and studies have shown that the media can influence public perception of climate change through the way they frame the issue.
AbstractThe interplay of climate change, upstream hydropower development, and local water engineering interventions for agricultural production contributes substantially to the transformation of waterscapes and water scarcity in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. This paper aims to examine how these dynamics are linked to the paradigm shift in water management in An Giang and Ben Tre, the two ecologically distinct provinces that face serious water scarcity in the delta.
