ECRC held a stakeholder Survey Workshop
On July 5, 2022, ECRC(EfD-Ethiopia) conducted a stakeholder survey workshop as part of the Capacity Development Programme on Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) in Practice for senior civil servants and…
EfD Policy Impact Award - Call for Nominations
Nominate Research Fellow(s) to the EfD Policy Impact Award Are you familiar with EfD research projects and/or policy engagement activities that have had important policy impacts? Then you are welcome…
Access to toilets and violence against women
This paper examines if in-home access to toilets reduces the risk of violent crimes against women. We use the roll out of the Swachh Bharat Mission, a flagship toilet construction program in India, to ascertain if assaults and rapes of women reduce when access to in-home toilets increases.
Gender-Differentiated Determinants of Rice Farmers' Choice of Strategies to Adapt to Salinity Intrusion in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Should smallholder farmers in Vietnam specialize or diversify?
In the case of Vietnam, is crop diversification or specialization better for small farms, in terms of efficiency and productivity?
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Vietnam
IEA-UNDP-WB CONFERENCE: UNDERSTANDING THE GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE NEXUS
The International Economic Association, the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Bank Group are co-organizing a conference on “Understanding the Gender and Climate Change Nexus” to be…
Director for EfD South Africa Awarded SARChI Research Chair
EfD South Africa director, Martine Visser, has been awarded the Governance and Economics of Ecological Infrastructure Research Chair presented by The South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI)…
Grid electrification should be combined with complementary infrastructure for greater social and economic benefits
EfD Authors:
Key findings: While electricity is a key to economic development, nearly 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity.
This study analyses the socioeconomic benefits of electrification in Uganda.
The findings show that grid connectivity increases the number of work hours, female employment, household expenditure (meaning that the household is able to buy more of the goods that it needs), and key educational outcomes.
Furthermore, the benefits from grid connectivity increase with time.