The Mpigi District Local Government and stakeholders in the forestry sector want environmental economists from Makerere University to conduct research on the impacts of decentralizing the governance…
There are several obstacles to developing off-grid energy in Eastern Africa. Those are, among others, according to a recent study by EfD Uganda, poor market information, lack of technical capacity…
We explore how spatial interaction affects the strategic use of municipal income when deciding between 1) an optimal long-run expenditure strategy versus 2) using the current income to finance current activities, a phenomenon known as the permanent income hypothesis. Even when this hypothesis is grounded in temporal logic, insufficient attention has been given to the impact of spatial dependence on this type of budget decision. Therefore, we present two reasons why spatial interaction adds new insight to this discussion.
Aligning development and climate goals means Africa’s energy systems will be based on clean energy technologies in the long term, but pathways to get there are uncertain and variable across countries. Although current debates about natural gas and renewables in Africa are heated, they largely ignore the substantial context specificity of the starting points, development objectives and uncertainties of each African country’s energy system trajectory.
The Eigth Annual Meeting on Environmental Economics was marked by face-to-face attendance and included the participation of representatives from the academic, political, business, and civil society…
The Environment for Development Initiative (EfD) Makerere Centre has launched two new collaborative projects, one on improving the National Water Authority’s water bill payments and one analysis of…
A study conducted by researchers at EfD-Mak Uganda has shown that Chapati vendors could only afford to use the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cookstoves in their households. The study findings…
Three research teams were on 25th September 2022 awarded the EfD Policy Impact Award during the 16th EfD Annual meeting held at the Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo Kampala Uganda. The award is to