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EfD-CA purpose is to communicate our research results in an effective way given the variety of backgrounds, interests and technical capacities of our target audience, and with aim of not only affecting policy making, but also receiving feedback on our research results and agendas.
- 2010-03-25 | central america | Climate change Seminar: Consequences of Copenhagen The EfD-Central America presented on March 23th, the seminar "Consequences of Copenhagen: What are the challenges and opportunities?" This was the fist seminar in a series given in Spanish, and hence, titled "SEMINARIO: Consecuencias de Copenhague".
- 2010-03-18 Research-policy dialogue improves drinking water management “To do high-quality research, you need to find out what policy makers need and nurture the interaction,” says Maria Angelica Naranjo, EfD researcher in Central America. Her research colleagues Roger Madrigal and Francisco Alpízar are exploring why some Costa Rican communities are successful in drinking water management while others are not. Policy makers and local communities are already using some of the researchers’ recommendations to bring change.
- 2010-03-18 Research helps save Costa Rica’s beaches Unplanned, aggressive coastal development is threatening beautiful beaches. To help address one of Costa Rica’s most serious environmental problems, researchers from the Environment for Development initiative (EfD) are evaluating the performance and impact of a voluntary environmental regulation and certification initiative called the Blue Flag Ecological Program.
- 2009-12-04 | central america EfD fellow leads Costa Rican negotiating team at COP15 Research Fellow Alvaro Umaña is the Head and Political Coordinator of the Costa Rican Negotiating Team at Copenhagen.
- 2009-10-15 | central america | Energy Policy design Distributional equity of fuel tax in Costa Rica Perhaps current prices of fossil fuels are the reflection of the hurricane's eye passing through the global markets. Before exorbitant oil prices again steal all the attention, it is important to analyze our policies on public and private transport management in general. And in particular fuel tax policies, which is here discussed by Francisco Alpizar, Rebecca Osakwe and Allen Blackman.
- 2009-10-06 | central america | Parks & Wildlife EfD-CA works with The Nature Conservancy in Costa Rica EfD-CA's research fellows are estimating a cost base structure for the allocation of service concessions and non-essential activities within the protected wilderness areas.
- 2009-01-28 | central america | Climate change Strategies for adapting to climate change in Costa Rica Read María A. Naranjo' opinion article (Estrategias de adaptación al cambio climático en Costa Rica) in "La Nación" (January 28th), related to the EfD Central America Project "Small Farmers' Determinants of Private Adaptation to Climate Change Strategies" (Spanish only).
- 2009-01-23 | central america | Policy design Something more than building rural aqueducts Read Francisco Alpizar’and Róger Madrigal’ opinion article (Algo más que construir acueductos rurales) in “La Nacion” (January 18th) associated with the EfD Central America Project: Decentralization in water resource management: exploring the determinants of success (Spanish only).
- 2009-01-22 | central america | Energy Policy design Tariffs for new renewable energy production in Costa Rica The Costa Rican Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) seeks a new methodology to set the prices of electric power generation that uses renewable and alternative sources of energy.
- 2009-01-08 | central america | Policy design Towards an integral policy for the transport sector Read Francisco Alpizar’ opinion article (Política integral para el sector transporte) about an Integral Transport Policy for Costa Rica published at “La Nacion” (January 8th). (Spanish only)
- 2008-10-02 Francisco Alpizar invited to be a member of a Technical Advisory Committee for UNDP Francisco Alpizar has been invited to be a member of a Technical Advisory Committee in support of UNDP’s initiative exploring the Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Economic Growth and Equity for Latin America and Caribbean. The objective of this regional initiative is to prepare a report aimed at policy makers in the region, similar to the Stern Report or the Millenium Ecosystem Report. Preliminary results are expected in March 2009.
- 2008-10-01 | central america Research Fellows going for a Ph.D Research Fellows Milagro Saborío and Róger Madrigal depart from Costa Rica to realize their Ph.D studies abroad.
- 2008-09-26 | central america Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica Research Fellows Juan Robalino and Roger Madrigal made an important contribution for the Inter-American Development Bank’s project called Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica.
- 2008-06-24 | central america | Agriculture Policy design More questions than answers Francisco Alpízar y Milagro Saborío wrote an article (Más preguntas que respuestas) for “La Nación” (1 June 2008) the most important newspaper in Costa Rica on the topic of biofuels. (Spanish only)
- 2008-02-18 Allen Blackman to EfD Central America Allen Blackman, senior research fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF), will spend one year at CATIE in Costa Rica. As resident advisor for the EfD Program for Central America, he will collaborate on research projects, help build links to RFF and academia in the US, and provide input on how to build a new center.
- 2008-01-23 | central america A Field Study in Cahuita National Park A promising EfD project aims to investigate the determinants of these contributions, understanding the motivations behind donations and how external factors influence them.
- 2007-12-21 Exploring the determinants of the performance of rural water utilities in Costa Rica This type of study in Costa Rica could be a key input into similar processes towards decentralization of natural resources management in the region.
