The aim of this project is to contribute to the design of water demand management strategies related to water price and technology adoption for residential water consumption in urban areas with rapid
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To improve ecosystems' health, alleviate poverty, and foster inclusive sustainable development. |
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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. |
EfD aims to support a new generation of engaged researchers based in the Global South. In this magazine you will find stories of the work carried out at our EfD centers across the world. First: In…
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.
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.
Estudio identifica cuáles son los factores que influyen en la compra de vehículos eléctricos. Bajo la mayoría de condiciones estudiadas, los automóviles eléctricos son más rentables. La rentabilidad…
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.
In most of research and development projects there’s a capacity building component, but are these efforts effective? EfD researchers conducted a study that shows that capacity building workshops had…
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) have issued a Call for Papers for the Seventh GGKP Annual Conference (#GGKP7). The conference will focus on the…
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.