The Environment for Development initative
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
- kenya | Forestry Factors Influencing Local Communities’ Satisfaction Levels with Different Forest Management Approaches of Kakamega Forest, Kenya Paul M. Guthiga, John Mburu and Karin Holm-Mueller, 2008, "Factors Influencing Local Communities’ Satisfaction Levels with Different Forest Management Approaches of Kakamega Forest, Kenya", Environmental Management, 2008, Vol.41, pp.696-706
- kenya | Fisheries Socio-economic and ecological determinants in Wetland fisheries in the Yala Swamp. The paper examines the determinants in wetland fisheries in the Yala Swamp on the coast of Lake Victoria in Kenya with an aim to guide policy on an integrated approach towards sustainable management of fisheries in all the wetland resources. Samuel Mazera Mwakubo, Moses Muriira Ikiara and Richard Abila, 2007,"Socio-economic and ecolological determinants in wetland fisheries in the Yala Swamp",Wetlands Ecol Manage , 2007, vol.15, pp.521-528.
- ethiopia | Agriculture Forestry Rural Household Biomass Fuel Production and Consumption in Ethiopia: A Case Study The paper uses a non-separable agricultural household model to examine biomass fuel collection and consumption behaviour of Ethiopian rural households. Mekonnen, A. 1999. "Rural Household Biomass Fuel Production and Consumption in Ethiopia: A Case Study". Journal of Forest Economics 5(1): 69-97.
- ethiopia | Forestry Policy design Valuation of community forestry in Ethiopia: a contingent valuation study of rural households The paper uses contingent valuation method to examine the determinants of the value of community forestry in rural Ethiopia. Mekonnen, A. 2000. "Valuation of Community Forestry in Ethiopia: a Contingent Valuation Study of Rural Households". Environment and Development Economics 5(3): 289-308.
News
2008-07-10
Call for Papers: Natural Resource Management and Economic Development
AFRICAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (AERC) International Conference on Natural [...]
2008-07-09
Call for Papers on: Climate Change and Economic Development
AFRICAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (AERC) International Conference on Natural [...]
2008-06-26
Ed Barbier spoke at the Preconference on Environment and Development
A great number of researchers working on environment and development issues were participating in [...]
Calendar
2008-11-01
Launch for EfD Kenya
EfD Kenya will launch its center in November this year (2008). There will be a workshop to present [...]
