Previous studies on energy use in Sub-Saharan Africa have focused almost entirely on households. Hardly any attention has been paid to small enterprises. EfD researcher Yonas Alem, together with…
EfD Central America has launched a Step-by-Step Guide to facilitate the transition to a circular economy from local governments, authored by Ph.D Leida Mercado, senior researcher of EfD Central…
Officials from Uganda’s Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) participate in a program that provides knowledge on how to design and enforce policy instruments to achieve a transition towards a…
Kenya needs to adopt Just Transition in its low carbon development discussions as the application of this concept is still minimal or non-existent according to Prof. Richard Mulwa, Center Director at…
EfD Kenya held a workshop on the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program to present the National Policy Review (NPR) draft and the IGE project concept note to relevant stakeholders. The guests gave some…
Hotter years are associated with lower economic output in developing countries. The study shows that the effect of temperature on labor is an important part of the explanation. Using microdata from selected firms in India, the researchers estimate reduced worker productivity and increased absenteeism on hot days. Climate control significantly mitigates productivity losses. In a national panel of Indian factories, annual plant output falls by about 2% per degree Celsius. This response appears to be driven by a reduction in the output elasticity of labor.
The participants in Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program – IGE fellows – have now met on several occasions for seminars, workshops, and discussions. Meet Mustefa Abu from the Ministry of Agriculture…
EfD-Vietnam co-organizes the virtual national conference on the "Green Growth & Sustainable Development in Vietnam" on 3rd of October 2021 with Nha Trang University, School of Economics at University…
– Analyzing policy attitudes is important for understanding environmental policy feasibility.
– Pure self-interest is not sufficient to explain people’s policy positions. There are other factors that are also important for policy attitude formation.
– Policy packaging, earmarking and revenue recycling can potentially change people’s policy positions.
What does it take to make a transition to a green economy successful? In many cases, green reforms have encountered protests and even political unrest. Meet Niklas Harring , a researcher at the…