Does Participatory Forest Management Increase Forest Resource Use to Cope with Shocks? – Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia
Does access to electricity accelerate home-based business creation in rural Ethiopia?
EfD Authors:
KEY MESSAGESMost of the businesses in rural areas are home-based, i.e., the household runs businesses such as food sales, restaurants, mobile, and electronics shops, barbering, etc., within their residence. Rural households’ business ownership increased from 17.5% in 2011 to 28.5% in 2016. We found that: |
“I hope to help improve the livelihoods of people”
The premises of EfD's Global Hub, located at the University of Gothenburg, usually hosts a very international crowd of staff and visiting scholars. Currently, it’s even more so: Fourteen Ph.D…
Program 2022
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Uganda’s IGE Fellows discussed national policies on fossil fuel, plastic pollution, and forest loss
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AAERE 2022 Congress
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IDRC Women, Peace and Security Award
Since 2021, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has launched an annual Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Research Award to advance knowledge of the lessons learned, good practices…