Green Growth, the New Key to Global Development
Colombian magazine Dinero interviewed EfD Senior Researcher Francisco Alpizar about Green Growth as the New Key to Global Development, with a special focus on Colombia. ‘When we talk about natural…
EfD Colombia presented Symposium on Green Growth and Economic Policy
A Symposium on Green Growth and Economic Policy was held at Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, July 18-19, 2017. The four main sessions of the symposium were: economic modeling; behavioral economics…
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Colombia
EAERE 2017 session on Trump’s Administration, Climate Change, and the World
Some thematic sessions during the EAERE conferences stand out for having a policy oriented goal in the tradition of the late David Pearce, or for being thematic. One such session on the 30th of June…
In loving memory of Wilfred Nyangena
Wilfred Nyangena, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Nairobi passed away on July 17th, 2017 after a long and brave struggle against cancer. Wilfred did his PhD in Environmental…
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Kenya
Call for expression of interest for new partner institutes – Environment for Development Initiative
The Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative is starting a selection procedure to expand their global research network with two additional centers in Sub-Saharan Africa. About the EfD Initiative…
Call for expression of interest for new partner institutes – Environment for Development Initiative
The Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative is starting a selection procedure to expand their global research network with two additional centers in Sub-Saharan Africa. About the EfD Initiative…
International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) Conference in Bogotá, Colombia
President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Laurate 2016, Juan Manuel Santos, opened the 2017 SDRS Conference in Bogóta on June 14th. The theme of the conference was inclusive sustainability for development…
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Colombia
Individual property rights reduce poverty and drive forest conservation in China
When individuals in China get well-defined and protected property rights of using forest, conservation increases. So does people´s income from the forest. In particular when they have transfer rights…
Children skip school when temperatures rise – and risk lagging behind in academic performance
When temperatures climb above 26 degrees Celsius, high school students in Costa Rica are more likely to not attend lectures. The warmer it gets, the higher is the absentee rate.
Airtight bags for maize reduce food waste
Food insecurity and malnutrition is one of the biggest challenges facing the world today. By introducing airtight bags and train small-scale farmers in better grain handling practices, food waste…