Does Traffic Congestion pose Health Hazards? Evidence from a Highly Congested and Polluted City
EfD Authors:
Highlights:
- Nearly 5000 deaths per year in Delhi can be attributed to traffic congestion.
- Increased traffic congestion worsens air quality. The worsening is greater when congestion is already at a high level.
- A congestion charge on large private vehicles can offer large benefits with minimal disruption to the existing status quo.
Agri4D 2023: Building resilient food systems in uncertain times
Online conference 26-28 September 2023 Call for abstracts and concept notes The submission deadline is prolonged until June 6th, 2023! Welcome to Agri4D 2023: Building resilient food systems in…
Willingness to pay for Nature Restoration and Conservation in Sub-Saharan African Cities: The Case of Forests, Rivers and Coasts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
An actionable research agenda for the Global South is now finalized
60 researchers from EfD and partner organizations have been working intensely for a year and a half to develop a research agenda to support a low-carbon transition and gender equity in the Global…
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Air Quality, Climate Change, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, Land, Policy Design |
Central America, Chile, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Global Hub, India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam
Sustainable Land Management Technologies and Poverty in Kenya
EfD Authors:
Despite increased investments in the promotion of the adoption of sustainable land management technologies by developing countries, rural poverty remains prevalent. Thus, there is a need to measure the impact of sustainable land management technologies on poverty in order to provide relevant information necessary for devising appropriate poverty reduction strategies. This paper used the Endogenous Switching Regression method to estimate the effect of the adoption of sustainable land management technologies on poverty in Kenya.