Publications related to EfD by Rebecca Osakwe
Rebecca E. Osakwe is a Junior Researcher at the Environment for Development Center for Central America. At GSEBSA she works with Allen Blackman on a variety of research projects, including a study on the potential distributional effects of a fuel tax in Cost Rica. She has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Stanford University and is currently coursing an MSc in Environmental Socioeconomics at the Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Education (CATIE), in Costa Rica. She also holds a professional Master’s in Environmental Legislation from the University for International Cooperation (UCI), in Costa Rica. For purposes of her master’s thesis at CATIE, her primary research during 2009 is related to the study of reforming the transportation price and tax policies in San José.
Expertise/Research Area
Environmental economics
Peer reviewed
EfD Discussion Papers
Policy briefs
- Costa Rican transport policies: a stakeholder analysis
- An analysis of the driving restriction implemented in San José, Costa Rica
- Fuel tax incidence in developing countries: the case of Costa Rica This brief is based on results from: Blackman, Allen, Rebecca Osakwe, and Francisco Alpízar. “Fuel Tax Incidence in Developing Countries: the Case of Costa Rica.” Working Paper. Environment for Development Center for Central America: Turrialba, Costa Rica.
Other
- Fuel Taxes and the Poor Fuel Taxes and the Poor, The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy (2011) Published by RFF Press with Environment for Development initiative. Edited By Thomas Sterner.
- Distributional equity of fuel tax in Costa Rica
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