Research Briefs

central america | Policy design Does Tourism Eco-Certification Pay? Costa Rica's Blue Flag Program Eco-certification can generate private benefits for tourism operators in developing countries and therefore has the potential to improve their environmental performance. Blackman, Allen., Maria A. Naranjo, Juan Robalino, Francisco Alpizar and Jorge Rivera, 2012, “Does Tourism Eco-Certification Pay? Costa Rica's Blue Flag Program”. EfD Research Brief 2012.
ethiopia | Climate change Climate Change and the Ethiopian Economy What are the impacts of climate change on the Ethiopian economy? Gebreegziabher, Zenebe, Jesper Stage, Alemu Mekonnen, and Atlaw Alemu, 2012, "Climate Change and the Ethiopian Economy", EFD Research Brief Series 12-03, Environment for Development Ethiopia
ethiopia | Behavior ec. Policy design Households Consider Diversity of Attributes in Their Decisions to Plant Trees Trees play multiple roles for rural households, providing significant economic and ecological benefits. Gebreegziabher, Zenebe, Alemu Mekonnen, Menale Kassie, and Gunnar Köhlin, 2010, "Households Consider Diversity of Attributes in Their Decisions to Plant Trees", EfD Research Brief Series 12-02, Environment for Development Ethiopia
south africa | Policy design Behavioral Response to Plastic Bag Legislation in Botswana This paper investigates the use of charges and standards in dealing with a common externality, plastic litter from shopping bags in Botswana. The country passed a plastic bag tax (effective 2007) to curb the plastic bag demand. Interestingly, the legislation did not force retailers to charge for plastic bags, which they did voluntarily at different prices. Dikgang, J. and Visser, M. 2012, "Behavioural Response to plastic bag legislation in Botswana", South African Journal of Economics, 2012, vol 80, pp. 123-133
central america | Behavior ec. Policy design Urban local governance, cooperation and emotions: experimental results from Costa Rica Social and regulatory pressure promotes pro-environmental action and social welfare. Gsottbauer, Elisabeth and Francisco Alpizar, 2012,"Urban local governance, cooperation and emotions: experimental results from Costa Rica", EfD Research Brief
central america | Climate change Policy design Developing a framework to analyze the relationship between floods and internal migration The Costa Rican experience: extreme weather events partially explain permanent internal migration as an adaptive measure. Cachón- Cascante, Adriana, Juan Robalino and José Fernando Jiménez, 2011."Developing a framework to analyze the relationship between floods and internal migration", EfD Research brief.
central america | Parks & Wildlife Policy design What makes them follow the rules: the case of Ostional turtle egg harvesters Understanding the reasons why some people are more prone to break the rules than others reveal some of the challenges that local people and policy makers must overcome in order to let local institutions endure. Madrigal-Ballestero, Roger, 2012,"What makes them follow the rules: the case of Ostional turtle egg harvesters", EfD Research Brief
central america | Parks & Wildlife Policy design Perspectivas futuras sobre el co-manejo como alternativa para el uso y la protección de las tortugas en Ostional A pesar del relativo éxito del modelo de co-manejo que existe en el Refugio de Vida Silvestre de Ostional, los cambios externos repentinos y sin precedentes en el entorno local plantean serias interrogantes a la permanencia de este modelo de gestión para el uso y la protección de tortugas. Madrigal-Ballestero, Roger, 2012,"Perspectivas futuras sobre el co-manejo como alternativa para el uso y la protección de las tortugas en Ostional", EfD Research brief.

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