Vietnam needs a billion USD for the COVID-19 vaccine: it is completely realistic according to an EfD study
76% of respondents from a survey is willing to pay 700,000 VND (about 30 USD) for a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine.
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Climate change impairs Indian manufacturing due to heat stress on workers
New research shows that it gets harder for people to work when it gets hot, and this may lead to a reduction in national output in warmer years. A hotter climate may also lead to increased income…
EfD researcher appointed advisor to Indian government policy think tank
Dr. Mudit Kapoor, senior EfD and CECFEE member, has been appointed advisor to the newly formed National Data and Analytics Platform at NITI Aayog, the policy think tank of the government of India. The…
EfD-Mak Centre at a glance (2019-2020)
The Environment for Development initiative (EfD-Mak) centre Uganda started its full operation in the Financial year 2019-2020. The center went through a full process of institutionalization and…
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EfD-Mak Centre Hosts End of year (2020) Policy Dialogue on Changes in Lake Victoria’s Hydrology, Water Quality and Livelihoods
The end of year EfD-Mak Centre policy dialogue was held on 16th December, 2020 at Makerere University Senate Conference Hall. The policy dialogue attracted over 60 participants drawn from the members…
Modern energy may cause fertility decline
On November 23, the Women in Environmental Economics for Development (WinEED) collaborative held a seminar as an opportunity for researchers to present their work on the intersection of EfD’s themes…
Day 2 of AM: Unexpected solution to sustainability challenges
Water use in agriculture, cooking fuel, development and health, weather effects (will it be too hot to work due to climate change?) are some of the important topics that were covered in the Tuesday…
How to write an award-winning thesis
What’s the secret behind writing an award-winning thesis? What are the criteria? What does it take? The chair of EfD’s Research Committee, Vic Adamowicz, knows the answers. He will announce this year…
“Women’s work-life is not a women’s issue”
She is dividing her time between the Indian Statistical Institute in Delhi, the International Growth Centre’s India program, and the Institute of Labour Economics in Bonn. Currently, she is leading…
Passion drives last year’s winner of Gunnar Köhlin’s Award
EfD’s Annual Meeting is approaching and the award jury is busy evaluating all the qualified nominees for Gunnar Köhlin’s Best Master Thesis Award. In the meantime, let’s meet last year’s winner…