27 civil servants from five East African countries met in Rwanda on November 22-24 to discuss policies for achieving a green and inclusive economy in their countries. This cross-country workshop was a…
The Mpigi District Local Government and stakeholders in the forestry sector want environmental economists from Makerere University to conduct research on the impacts of decentralizing the governance…
There are several obstacles to developing off-grid energy in Eastern Africa. Those are, among others, according to a recent study by EfD Uganda, poor market information, lack of technical capacity…
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Over 33,000 Tanzanians die annually from using firewood for cooking. Climate change, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity are other effects of the burning of firewood. The Tanzanian Ministry of…
Regulatory agencies, fishing companies, and other stakeholders in Nigeria’s fisheries and aquaculture sector have decided to work towards making a revised version of the Nigerian Sea Fisheries Act of…
EfD Colombia and WinEED, hosted at the Department of Economics at Los Andes University in Bogotá, received the visit of EfD India's young researcher Nikita Sangwan in October. One purpose was to…
The regulation of hazardous chemicals in Europe has been shaped by economic interests, according to a study published in Nature Communications. The researchers, from the University of Gothenburg and…
The Ministry of Finance in Ethiopia has exempted electric vehicles from value-added tax (VAT), excise tax, and surtaxes and reduced the import tax on those vehicles. A participant in the Inclusive…
A team of EfD Central America researchers provided a training titled Monitoring the provision of ecosystem services using InVEST to make decisions. The aim was to strengthen the capacities of the…