Energy poverty measures and the identification of the energy poor: A comparison between the utilitarian and capability-based approaches in Chile

Submitted by Cristóbal Vásquez on
EfD Authors:
Chavez, Carlos
Uribe, Adolfo

This work explores the consequences that different energy poverty definitions and measures might have for the identification of  the  energy poor. Using the  2017 National Survey of  Public Energy Perception applied to  a sample of 3,500 households in Chile, we compare the respective identification outcomes of applying the ten percent rule index (TPRI) and our proposed Perception-based Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (PMEPI) against the monetary poverty identification outcome.

Peer Reviewed
Energy

Foreign direct investment and economic growth. Analysis of sectoral foreign direct investment in Tanzania

Submitted by Salvatory Macha on
EfD Authors:
Stanley Taylor, Rosemary

This paper assesses the role of foreign direct investment in economic growth by analyzing the contribution of sectoral external finance in Tanzania. Time series data from 1988 to 2017 and 1999 to 2017 for the general and sector‐specific foreign finance respectively is studied using time series econometrics techniques. More specifically, the autoregressive distributive lag bound test for cointegration and error correction model are employed to evaluate the impact of sector foreign direct investment on growth.

Peer Reviewed
Policy Design

Environmental Implication of Sesame Production in Tanzania: A Case Study of Kilwa District, Lindi Region

Submitted by Salvatory Macha on
EfD Authors:
Lokina, Razack
Tibanywana, Julieth Julius

This paper analyses the possibilities for sustainable land use management at farm level to preserve the tropical rainforest in the Lindi region, Tanzania. It investigates the implication of agricultural production, in particular a high valued sesame production on household deforestation in Kilwa district, in Lindi region.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture, Conservation

Long-rains crops, short-rains crops, permanent crops and fruit crops: The ‘hidden’ multiple season-cropping system for adaptation to rain variability by smallholder farms

Submitted by Salvatory Macha on
EfD Authors:
Tibesigwa, Byela
Lokina, Razack
Okumu, Boscow
Komba, Coretha

To adapt is to survive. However, sub-Saharan Africa, although highly dependent on agriculture, is vulnerable, most affected, with low-adaptive capacity.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture

Scenario planning for climate adaptation in agricultural systems

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Achike, Anthonia

Effective climate adaptation in sub-Saharan African agriculture will require coordination across multiple scales of governance. Decision-makers from local to national scales will be tasked with planning under conditions of high uncertainty, often with minimal data. Participatory scenario planning is a method for devising adaptation strategies under high uncertainty, and we hypothesized that it could also be used for identifying systemic, inclusive, and transformative adaptation options at the community scale, and for highlighting opportunities for cross-scalar collaboration.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture, Climate Change
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