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Credit risk is perhaps the oldest and most challenging risk for banks. The risk emanates from the probability that borrowers will default on terms of debt, subsequently putting the capital of a bank…

28 June 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Kenya

Despite the importance of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) in household consumption especially in Nigeria, where 47 million people were unable to meet the 2,900 kcal food requirement in 2004, they…

3 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Nigeria

In this article we estimate the Value of a Statistical Life and the Value of a Statistical Injury for Chilean workers using a combination of data from the Chilean National Socio-Economic Survey that…

28 December 2013 | Peer Reviewed | Chile

In this study, we analyse effort optimisation in common rights-based joint-stock artisanal fisheries when several objectives are pursued by the authorities and the fleets are heterogeneous. The…

22 January 2013 | Peer Reviewed | Chile

The informal sector in cities of the developing world is often analyzed from the prism of urban poverty, social exclusion and limited social integration, and lack of power. While such issues have…

3 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Nigeria

This article examines heterogeneity in the preferences of households regarding participation in a Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programme. We argue that such heterogeneity is particularly…

28 June 2020 | Peer Reviewed |

This paper investigated the short-run causal relationships and the long-run equilibrium relationships among carbon dioxide emissions, economic growth, technical efficiency, and industrial structure…

18 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Ghana, Global Hub

This paper estimates the climate sensitivity of electricity demand in Delhi using daily data on electricity demand and apparent temperature for the period 2000–09. The study adopts a semi-parametric…

12 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | India

SUMMARYClimate change and escalating degradation of ecosystem services place the need for greening economic growth on the international policy agenda. To make growth greener and more inclusive, it is…

15 December 2023 | Peer Reviewed | Colombia, Global Hub

The aim of this study was to examine the level of awareness of Niger Delta communities about impacts of climate change and to identify and document indigenous innovations and practices for adaptation…

3 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Nigeria