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
- eeu sweden ethiopia | Forestry Household Tree Planting in Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: Tree Species, Purposes, and Determinants Trees have both economic and ecological purposes in rural Ethiopia, supplying households with wood products for consumption and sale, and decreasing soil degradation. Gebreegziabher, Zenebe, Alemu Mekonnen, Menale Kassie, and Gunnar Köhlin (2010), "Household Tree Planting in Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: Tree Species, Purposes, and Determinants", EfD Discussion Paper 10-01, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, January 2010.
- china eeu sweden ethiopia south africa | Agriculture Forestry Policy design Land Reforms in Asia and Africa - Impacts on Poverty and Natural Resource Management An new EfD/RFF Book titled "Land Reforms in Asia and Africa - Impacts on Poverty and Natural Resource Management" is planned for 2012. Editors are Professors Stein Holden and Keijiro Otsuka.
- ethiopia | Agriculture Impacts of Low-cost Land Certification on Investment and Productivity New land reforms are again high on the policy agenda and low-cost, propoor reforms are being tested in poor countries. Holden, S. T., Deininger, K. and Ghebru, H. (2009), "Impacts of Low-cost Land Certification on Investment and Productivity", American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91 (2):359-373.
- china | Policy design Clean Air in Urban China: The Case of Inter-agency Coordination in Chongqing’s Blue Sky Program Air pollution in urban China is increasingly attributed to dispersed sources such as motor vehicles and construction sites, over which environmental protection bureaus (EPBs) share jurisdiction with other government line agencies. Wanxin Li & Hon S. Chan (2009), "Clean Air in Urban China: The Case of Inter-agency Coordination in Chongqing’s Blue Sky Program", Public Administration and Development 29, 55–67
News
2010-01-29
Green accounting puts price on Ethiopian soil erosion and deforestation
Ethiopia loses large amounts of money due to deforestation and soil erosion. Recent research shows [...]
2010-01-29
Networking and local language are keys to successful research communication
Networking with non-governmental organizations and use of the local language proved to be crucial [...]
2010-01-28
New book on land reforms’ impact on poverty and natural resources management
Land reforms have played a central role in the political economy of many countries and have been [...]
Calendar
2010-03-18
7th African Finance Journal Conference: Managing Africa’s Economic Growth through Development Finance Research
The current financial crisis has demonstrated the urgent need for researchers working on Africa to [...]
2010-03-23
Energy Research Center "Putting a price on carbon" conference
ERC Carbon Pricing conference 23-24 March 2010 is organised by the Energy Research Center [...]
2010-06-27
Course: Applying Game Theory and Behavioral Economics
This two-day course will be held June 27-28, 2010, at the Université du Québec à Montréal, [...]
