Central America

Vision

To improve ecosystems' health, alleviate poverty, and foster inclusive sustainable development.

Areas of contribution

EfD-CA's research focuses on the region's most pressing environmental and development issues such as water scarcity, coastal and marine management, and biodiversity protection.

Alternatives for Risk Elicitation in the Field

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Although field experimental methods are the workhorse of researchers interested in risk preferences, practitioners find surveys easier to implement. This paper compares results from experimental versus survey-based methods to elicit farmers’ risk attitudes, in context-free and context-specific decision settings. We then explore how the different survey estimates of risk preferences relate to real-life farming choices in a population of coffee farmers in Costa Rica.

Magnitude and Distribution of Electricity and Water Subsidies for Households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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In Addis Ababa, an increasing block tariff has been used to calculate households’ monthly bills for electricity and water services. This study estimates the magnitudes of the combined water and electricity subsidies received by households with private connections to the electricity grid and piped water network in 2016, and it evaluates the distribution of these subsidies among wealth groups.

Energy, Water

Credit, insurance and farmers’ liability: Evidence from a lab in the field experiment with coffee farmers in Costa Rica

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This paper examines the effect of farmers’ liability on demand for credit with and without insurance. We test predictions of a theoretical model in a lab in the field experiment with coffee farmers in Costa Rica.

Agriculture

Climate change perceptions and adaptive responses of small-scale farmers in two Guatemalan landscapes

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The productivity of certain crops such as coffee (Coffea arabica L.), maize (Zea mays) and beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is expected to decline in Central America because of climate change. This will impact regional economies and livelihoods of smallholder farmers relying on these crops for their food security and livelihoods.

Agriculture, Climate Change