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The panelist: Photo by: topicha_ JUST Fashion and Eco Fashion Week Kenya

Sustainable and just fashion in focus on Eco Fashion Week in Kenya

The fashion industry is the second largest polluter in Africa. Hence, it’s necessary to address the…

Stakeholders workshop for Inclusive Green Economy

Stakeholders discussed perspectives on reforms for reduced biomass dependence in Tanzania

The IGE Tanzania team organized a one-day stakeholders’ workshop designed to provide a platform for…

“All of us must do our utmost to help reach the goals”

The United Nations climate summit COP28 kicks off on November 30 in Dubai. EfD’s Director, Gunnar…

EfD and MCC will host side event at COP28

EfD and MCC will jointly host a side event at COP28 in Dubai. The event, which features an…

Vietnamese researchers explore randomized controlled trials in EfD workshop

Thirty-two Vietnamese researchers embarked on a journey into the world of randomized controlled…

Marc Jeuland. Picture by Duke University.

SETI co-leader Marc Jeuland opened the EfD Seminar Series

Marc Jeuland, applied environmental economist, presented his research titled Time-money tradeoffs…

Many attended EfD's inaugural webinar with Marc Jeuland

EfD kicked off its webinar series with a presentation on Time-money tradeoffs and the value of the…

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Ideology and Rifles: The Agrarian Origins of Civil Conflict in Colombia

We investigate the relationship between the historical dispossession of peasants’ lands by landlords that led to the…

4 Oct 2023 | Peer Reviewed | Colombia

What drives the substitution of hazardous flame retardants in electronic appliances in Sweden?

Highlights We identify the relative importance of different drivers of firms’ preferences for chemical substitution. The…

18 Aug 2023 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Global Hub

Adaptive investment with land tenure and weather risk: Behavioral evidence from Tanzania

Two important risks faced by many smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are erratic weather patterns and insecure…

24 Nov 2023 | Peer Reviewed | Kenya

Policy Nook — Policy Note: Benefit Cost Analysis of Water Investments in the Anthropocene

Introduction Water management is becoming increasingly challenging. The core problem in many locations is an old one…

22 Nov 2023 | Peer Reviewed |

Business owners in Tanzania are willing to pay more for an improved electricity supply

Topic: Stated Preferences with Survey Consequentiality and Outcome Uncertainty: A Split Sample Discrete Choice…

20 Nov 2023 | Research Brief |

Barriers to off-grid energy development: Evidence from a comparative survey of private sector energy service providers in Eastern Africa

Abstract In light of recent growth and falling costs of solar photovoltaic technology, this paper examines the barriers…

19 Oct 2023 | Peer Reviewed | Uganda

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Special Issue on “Digital media data in environment and development economics”

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2024 Environment and Development Economics seeks to publish a…

Special Issue on “Challenges for the development of Latin America in the Anthropocene: current research in environmental economics”

Environment and Development Economics seeks to publish a special issue on challenges for the…

EAERE 2024 - Call for papers – Deadline: 31 Jan 2024

The 29th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists…

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November's newsletter is out!

Sustainable and just fashion in focus on Eco Fashion Week in Kenya

Stakeholders discussed perspectives on reforms for reduced biomass dependence in Tanzania

“All of us must do our utmost to help reach the goals”

EfD and MCC will host side event at COP28

Vietnamese researchers explore randomized controlled trials in EfD workshop

SETI co-leader Marc Jeuland opened the EfD Seminar Series

Many attended EfD's inaugural webinar with Marc Jeuland

Ideology and Rifles: The Agrarian Origins of Civil Conflict in Colombia

What drives the substitution of hazardous flame retardants in electronic appliances in Sweden?

Adaptive investment with land tenure and weather risk: Behavioral evidence from Tanzania

Policy Nook — Policy Note: Benefit Cost Analysis of Water Investments in the Anthropocene

Business owners in Tanzania are willing to pay more for an improved electricity supply

Barriers to off-grid energy development: Evidence from a comparative survey of private sector energy service providers in Eastern Africa

Special Issue on “Digital media data in environment and development economics”

Special Issue on “Challenges for the development of Latin America in the Anthropocene: current research in environmental economics”

EAERE 2024 - Call for papers – Deadline: 31 Jan 2024

EfD Seminar Series 2023 - Marc Jeuland

Listen to the message from Vice President of the African Development Bank to EfD

Water - a documentary by EfD Kenya

The 16th EfD Annual Meeting, day 3. Policy talk by Haileselassie Medhin, WRI. Keynote by Pam Jagger

If we miss the context policies may be toothless

Every choice counts: Changing our consumption and production patterns

Effects of climate shocks on sectoral inequality

How to reform the water sector in Ho Chi Minh city: Lessons from Phnom Penh