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: |
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…
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Uganda’s participants in the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program, so-called IGE fellows, call for national policy instruments that have clear objectives and implementation plans. They also emphasize…
The 11th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AAERE) will be held in University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), Vietnam, August 19 to 20, 2022, co-hosted by…
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…
The Economy & Environment Partnership for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) is pleased to announce a call for concept note for a seed grant which provides researchers in Southeast Asia the chance to develop a…
Climate change is challenging the ability of protected areas (PAs) to meet their objectives. To improve PA planning, we developed a framework for assessing PA vulnerability to climate change based on consideration of potential climate change impacts on species and their habitats and resource use. Furthermore, the capacity of PAs to adapt to these climate threats was determined through assessment of PA management effectiveness, adjacent land use, and financial resilience. Users reach a PA-specific vulnerability score and rank based on scoring of these categories.
EfD Central America researchers, Roger Madrigal, and Eduardo Pacay visited the Trifinio Region, where the territories of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala meet. The purpose was to network and…