Evaluating a ‘happy’ solution to India’s crop residue burning by Ishita Datta At the end of every rice-growing season in north-west India, usually in mid-November, farmers harvest their crop using…

Ethiopian livestock farmers hope for a modern future by Haleluya Gebru Young farmers in the vicinity of Wukro in northern Ethiopia see a future in which their livestock production is improved, where…

Colombia introduces carbon tax by Manuela Fonseca-Gómez Colombia’s carbon tax, which was passed into law in 2017, is likely to be the most effective policy measure to help the South American country…

China adjusts its inflated renewable energy subsidies by Zhaoyang Liu The Chinese government is lowering its subsidies for renewable energy, after researchers found that they were too high relative to…

Economists review Chile’s seaweed farming subsidy policy by Miguel Quiroga The high cost of starting up seaweed cultivation projects along the Chilean coastline is the main hurdle to the aquaculture…

Air pollution from cars costs Costa Rica millions in health care by Eugenia León The health cost of high air pollution from vehicles in the Costa Rican capital of San José and its immediate surrounds…

Produciendo por Mi Futuro (PxMF) is a poverty-reduction intervention, implemented in Colombia by Prosperidad Social, which is based on the graduation programs initially developed by the BRAC…

This document presents the results of the qualitative analysis on the understanding of well-being and the changes in life satisfaction, aspirations and expectations in the participants of the…

Workers effective access to mandatory non-wage benefits is key to achieving decent working conditions in the Ghanaian labor market. Thus, this paper investigates the effects of union presence on…

Este documento presenta los resultados del análisis cualitativo sobre la concepción de bienestar y los cambios en satisfacción de vida, aspiraciones y expectativas en los participantes del programa…