http://www.efdinitiative.org 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. daily 1 2007-10-02T15:00:42Z http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/advancing-the-diagnostic-analysis-of-environmental-problems Social-ecological systems exhibit patterns across multiple levels along spatial, temporal, and functional scales. The outcomes that are produced in these systems result from complex, non-additive interactions between different types of social and biophysical components, some of which are common to many systems, and some of which are relatively unique to a particular system. These properties, along with the mostly non-experimental nature of the analysis, make it difficult to construct theories regarding the sustainability of social-ecological systems. This paper builds on previous work that has initiated a diagnostic approach to the analysis of these systems. No publisher karinbackteman Michael Cox, Advancing the diagnostic analysis of environmental problems, 2011, International Journal of the Commons, Vol. 5, no 2 August 2011, pp. 346–363 Commons: Governance 2012-02-01T09:31:59Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/coping-with-fuelwood-scarcity-household-responses-in-rural-ethiopia This study uses survey data from randomly selected rural households in Ethiopia to examine the coping mechanisms employed by rural households to deal with fuelwood scarcity. The determinants of collecting other biomass energy sources were also examined. No publisher yonas Damte, Abebe, Steven F. Koch and Alemu Mekonnen, 2012, "Coping with fuelwood scarcity: Household responses in rural Ethiopia", Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series January 2012, EfD DP 12-01. Ethiopia Biomass fuels Fuel choice 2012-02-02T18:59:10Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/taxes-permits-and-costly-policy-response-to-technological-change In this paper, we analyze the effects of the choice of price (taxes) versus quantity (tradable permits) instruments on the policy response to technological change. We show that if policy responses incur transactional and political adjustment costs, environmental targets are less likely to be adjusted under tradable permits than under emission taxes. This implies that the total level of abatement over time might remain unchanged under tradable permits while it will increase under emission taxes. No publisher karinbackteman Coria, J. and M. Hennlock. 2012. Taxes, permits and costly policy response to technological change, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 14:(1):35-60. Tradable permits Commons: Governance Climate policy Taxation 2012-01-24T10:30:21Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/policy-instruments-for-environmental-and-natural-resource-management This book by Thomas Sterner and Jessica Coria is an attempt to encourage more widespread and careful use of economic policy instruments. The book compares the accumulated experiences of the use of economic policy instruments in the U.S. and Europe, as well as in rich and poor countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Ambitious in scope, it discusses the design of instruments that can be employed in any country in a wide range of contexts, including transportation, industrial pollution, water pricing, waste, fisheries, forests, and agriculture. No publisher karinbackteman Sterner, Thomas, Jessica Coria, Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management(2011). Routledge. Published by RFF Press. Policy instruments 2012-01-20T14:37:04Z Article