The study reveals that households in the GLTFCA rely heavily on both legal and illegal natural resource use for income, with illicit extraction often boosting welfare especially for women headed...

Key Messages The success of Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) like the GLTFCA depends on addressing deep-rooted socio-economic and institutional challenges that drive communities toward…

Having a modern cooking stove at the household level provides an incomplete measure of cooking energy access. This limitation has necessitated the introduction of a multi-tier framework (MTF) to…

Abstract This paper focuses on the gendered impacts of energy access in rural areas. We examine gender mainstreaming and dynamics in the case study of the PUDC which address energy vulnerability in…

Access to electricity in Zambia remains low, with most households dependent on traditional energy sources. This study analyzes data from a contingent valuation (CV) survey conducted by the World Bank…

Zambia runs an agricultural input support program for 900,000 rural households, primarily targeting maize, the staple crop. A new delivery mode was introduced to the program, initially allowing…

Access to electricity has been linked to economic growth through improved agricultural and firm productivity, public service delivery, enhanced household investment in human capital, and increased net…

Successfully analyzing and managing trade-offs between community welfare and wildlife conservation are complex tasks that require a multidisciplinary approach and consideration of various factors…

Abstract There is competition for land between Maasai pastoralists and the park agency in the Serengeti ecosystem. The park agency wants to use the land for wildlife conservation while the pastoralist…

Assessment of individual, organizational, and institutional capacities is important to accelerate the pace of transition to a low-carbon economy. Human and Institutional Capacity is part of a larger…