Developing Pathways for Agricultural Products in Mekong Delta Provinces
The Southern region has been proven to be a fast-growing agricultural area. The restructuring of crops and livestock is providing opportunities for agricultural market development to improve…
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”The time is right to implement carbon taxes”
A new report published by the renowned think tank Brookings features one section called Recipe for a green recovery: Carbon taxes.“We have been preaching about carbon taxes for decades, but we think…
EfD Vietnam was instrumental in developing the nations's new environmental law
EfD Vietnam has played a key role in the revision of the environmental law in Vietnam, such as introducing market-based instruments. Meet Pham Khanh Nam, Director of the EfD Center in Vietnam and Dean
Who is marginalized in energy justice? Amplifying community leader perspectives of energy transitions in Ghana
EfD Authors:
There is a divide in energy access studies, between technologically-focused modeling papers in engineering and economics, and energy justice frameworks and principles grounded in social sciences. Quantitative computational models are necessary when analyzing energy, and more specifically electricity, systems, as they are technologically-complex systems that can diverge from intuitive patterns.
Recreation demand and pricing policy for international tourists in developing countries: evidence from South Africa
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National park agencies in Africa often lack incentives to maximize revenue, despite the decline in conservation subsidies from the State. We explore the potential of pricing policy to generate funds for extensive conservation. We estimate recreation demand by international tourists for a popular South African park, calculate the consumer surplus and find the revenue-maximizing entrance fee. Our results suggest substantial underpricing and therefore significant forgone income.
Sustainability comparisons in the triple bottom line for Chinese fisheries
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This paper uses Fishery Performance Indicators (FPIs) to compare nine Chinese fisheries in terms of their triple bottom line (ecological, economic, and community sustainability) with the top 10% performing fisheries within the global FPIs database. The results show the largest differences between the Chinese fisheries and top-performing fisheries globally are in ecological sustainability followed by harvest sector performance and economic performance. The gaps in community sustainability and post-harvest performance are smaller.
Intellectual property in Latin America: the impact of innovation subsidies on Chilean firms
EfD Authors:
Intellectual property is related to industrial property and copyright, and in both cases is considered to be an indicator of innovation and development. The study of innovation subsidies given to innovative firms has been widely reviewed in developed economies, but there is very little empirical evidence for developing countries. And this study looks to provide new insights into developing countries, which motivates the originality of this paper.