The Environment for Development initiative
The overall objective of the EfD initiative is to support poverty alleviation and sustainable development through the increased use of environmental economics in the policy making process. The EfD initiative is a capacity building program in environmental economics, focusing on research, policy advice, and teaching in Central America, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania.
- Research The main activity of the EfD initiative is international, rigorous research collaboration on poverty- environment issues. That means analyzing underlying problems and proposing efficient solutions in terms of policy instruments.
- Policy Advice EfD research fellows focus on issues that are of real concern for policy making bodies. We strive to integrate the environment into strategic policy process and to meet demands of domestic and international institutions.
- Teaching Academic training is fundamental in domestic capacity building in environmental economics. Therefore the EfD-initiative supports national graduate programs in environmental economics at all EfD Centers.
Most recent publications
- ethiopia | Forestry Tenure Security, Resource Endowments, and Tree Growing: Evidence from the Amhara Region of Ethiopia We analyze roles of tenure insecurity and household endowments in explaining tree growing in Ethiopia, where farmers cannot sell or mortgage land and factor markets are imperfect. Mekonnen, Alemu (2009) "Tenure Security, Resource Endowments, and Tree Growing: Evidence from the Amhara Region of Ethiopia" Land Economics, Volume 85, Number 2, May 2009, pages 292-307.
- eeu sweden | Climate change Are demand elasticities affected by politically determined tax levels? Simultaneous estimates of gasoline demand and price Raising the price of fossil fuels is a key component of any effective policy to deal with climate change. Just how effective such policies are is decided by the price elasticities of demand. Sterner, Thomas (2009) "Are demand elasticities affected by politically determined tax levels? Simultaneous estimates of gasoline demand and price " Working Papers in Economics with number 274
- central america rff usa | Policy design Alternative Pollution Control Policies in Developing Countries: Informal, Informational, and Voluntary In developing countries, weak environmental regulatory institutions often undermine conventional command-and-control policies. As a result, these countries are increasingly experimenting with alternative approaches that aim to leverage nonregulatory “green” pressures applied by local communities, capital markets, and consumers. This article reviews three strands of the empirical literature on this trend. Blackman, Allen (2009), "Alternative Pollution Control Policies in Developing Countries: Informal, Informational, and Voluntary", EfD Discussion Paper 09-14, Environment for Development Intiative and Resources in the Future, Washington DC, June 2009.
- eeu sweden ethiopia kenya | Agriculture Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands In developing countries, production and consumption risks play a critical role in the choice and use of production inputs and adoption of new farm technologies. The authors investigated impacts of chemical fertilizer and soil and water conservation technologies adoption on production risks, using a moment-based approach and two years of cross-sectional data. Yesuf Mahmud, Menale Kassie, and Gunnar Köhlin (2009), "Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands", EfD Discussion Paper 09-13, Environment for Development Intiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, May 2009.
News
2009-06-06
Capital Newspaper Covers Conference
Capital newspaper covered the Conference on Sustainalbe Land Managment and Poverty Alleviation held [...]
2009-06-06
Ethiopian Television Interviews EfD
Dr Gunnar Kohlin and Dr Menale Kassie were interviewed by Ethiopian Television and thier interviews [...]
2009-05-29
EfD/EPRU a case profile of Social Responsiveness
EfD/EPRU has been distinguished one out of ten Social Responsiveness case profiles at the UCT [...]
Calendar
2009-06-15
ERC Call for Papers: Putting a price on Carbon
Respondents to this invitation are asked by no later than 27 July 2009 to submit an abstract of a [...]
2009-07-05
15th International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2009
EfD/EPRU Dr Stephanie Giamporcaro will present two papers at the 15th annual conference of the [...]
2009-07-05
EAERE-FEEM-VIU Summer School 2009
EAERE-FEEM-VIU European Summer School "Economics, Transport and Environment" 5-11 July 2009, [...]
