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Videos from the keynote presentations now available

All the plenary sessions from the 16th Annual Meeting in Uganda were recorded and are now available…

Hosting the Annual Meeting has opened doors to the government

At first, Edward Bbaale, Director of EfD Uganda, was hesitant to accept the challenge of arranging…

Participants of the course during the last session.

EfD Central America helps strengthen Honduras' capacities for climate change financing

Leida Mercado, EfD Central America Senior Researcher, and Marianela Arguello, EfD Central America…

And the winners are…

Five research projects were awarded during the 16th EfD Annual meeting in Uganda. The awards are…

Prof. Micheal interacting with one of the participants

“Economists need to be empirical in teaching and researching the economics of water”

Professor Michael Hanemann urged economists to be empirical rather than theoretical when teaching…

Prof. Gunnar Köhlin, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, Amb. Maria Håkansson, CommissionerJulius Mafumbo and Prof. Edward Bbaale posing for a group photo before the opening: Photo by EfD-Mak Centre

Uganda’s policymakers implored to address forest loss, plastic and water pollution

Policymakers in Uganda were urged to take measures to mitigate environmental degradation or else…

Maria del Pilar Lopez at EFD India Centre

Coordinator of Women in Environmental Economics for Development visited EfD India

Maria del Pilar Lopez, Coordinator of the EfD collaborative Women in Environmental Economics for…

Welcome remark and brief introduction about EfD-Vietnam

Bangladesh ministry officers visited EfD Vietnam to learn about climate change adaptation

Ten members from the Bangladesh Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of…

Recent publications

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Management of common pool resources in a nation-wide experiment

Abstract Dilemmas related to the use of environmental resources concern diverse populations at local or global scales…

24 Aug 2022 | Peer Reviewed | Colombia

Heavy metal contamination of soil, sediment and water due to galena mining in Ebonyi State Nigeria: Economic costs of pollution based on exposure health risks

Abstract In this study, the effect of galena mining with respect to heavy metal pollution of groundwater, surface water…

17 Aug 2022 | Peer Reviewed | Nigeria

Global food price surge, in-kind transfers and household welfare: Evidence from India

Abstract This paper studies the impact of high global rice and wheat prices on household welfare in India. I use the…

22 Aug 2022 | Peer Reviewed | India

Forest fires and impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on air quality in four Latin American megacities

Abstract Latin America, as other regions in the world, imposed mobility restrictions to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic…

20 Sep 2022 | Peer Reviewed | Colombia

International risk sharing for food staples

Abstract The global output of food staples is far more stable than most individual nations' outputs, but does this lead…

22 Aug 2022 | Peer Reviewed | India

Thermal districts in Colombia: Developing a methodology to estimate the cooling potential demand

Abstract Thermal Districts have been presented globally as an efficient alternative to supply the demand for cooling and…

23 Aug 2022 | Peer Reviewed | Colombia

Upcoming events

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The 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC)

Friday 9 December — Sunday 11 December, 2022

The 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC), jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB)…

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