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Updates from Environment for Development, a global network of researchers solving the world’s most urgent environmental and development challenges.
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Newsletter from EfD
June 2022
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Dear friend of Environment for Development,
In this edition of our newsletter, we remind you of EfD's 16th Annual Meeting in Uganda on September 22-26 by presenting an interview with one of the keynotes, Professor Michael Hanemann, an icon in Environmental Economics.
EfD is aiming to maintain our Annual Meeting as the largest and most vibrant conference on the application of Environmental Economics in the Global South. It is an open conference where you only pay actual costs, so we encourage everyone who is interested to attend to register on our website. We will then contact you via email with further information.
In our newsletter, you will also find a lot of examples of current publications and policy interactions throughout the global EfD network.
Please enjoy and share the latest news and research from the EfD network!
Gunnar Köhlin, Director
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”If you’re a doctor you want to tend to the sickest patient”
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Michael Hanemann. Photo: Xlouteiro, Wikimedia.
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Michael Hanemann has been working on the economics of water most of his professional life, but with a different perspective than many others. He claims that the economics of water is too important to be left to economists. Meet one of the exciting keynote speakers at the EfD’s Annual Meeting!
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“I hope to help improve the livelihoods of people”
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The PhD students attend a program run by EfD, the University of Gothenburg and Addis Ababa University. Photo: Petra Hansson
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The premises of EfD's Global Hub, located at the University of Gothenburg, usually hosts a very international crowd of staff and visiting scholars. Lately, it’s been even more so: Fourteen Ph.D. students from Ethiopia are attending a bilateral Ph.D. program. Meet one of them, Gidisa Lachisa!
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“Building long-term relationships with policymakers is the biggest challenge”
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Mauricio Oyarzo. Photo: EfD Chile
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Twenty researchers from the Global South who obtained their doctor’s degree five years ago or less are participating in the EfD’s Early Career Fellowship program. The purpose of the program is to train the researchers in qualitative research with a high impact on public policies. Meet Mauricio Oyarzo from EfD Chile who is one of the participants!
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EfD Central America/Water
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Strengthening networking and research collaboration on the water topic
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Researchers from Seattle University visited the water community organization of the El Mora. From left to right: Ricardo González, administrator of the WCO; Felipe Murtihno and Tanya Hayes. Picture: Anthony Gamboa
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Tanya Hayes and Felipe Murtinho, researchers from Seattle University, visited EfD Central America to identify opportunities for developing high-quality research proposals related to the Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6), which aims to ensure access to water and sanitation for all.
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EfD Central America/Water
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Researchers analyze the feasibility of a tri-national water fund
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The area where the Lempa river basin is located is shown on a map during a meeting with key stakeholders from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. Photo: Eduardo Pacay.
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EfD Central America researchers,Roger Madrigal, and Eduardo Pacay visited the Trifinio Region, where the territories of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala meet. The purpose was to network and gather information on the feasibility of creating a water fund for the Lempa River basin.
A water fund is an innovative mechanism for the shared governance of a transboundary river basin. It has the potential to benefit thousands of vulnerable communities and productive sectors. Read more about this!
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New project seeks solutions to mitigate climate change related conflicts through insurance
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The Environment and Climate Research Center, ECRC, has garnered collaborative research funding for a project titled From Climate change to Conflict: Mitigation through insurance. The study will investigate, design, and test interventions that can be jointly implemented with insurance to strengthen any conflict-reducing effects or mitigate any conflict-aggravating effects of insurance. Read more about this interesting project!
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EfD Central America/Forestry
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Communication plays an important role to highlight the importance of forests
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Presentation during the Harnessing the Communication Effect session. Photo: FAO, Sambat Ranabhat
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During the XV World Forestry Congress held in Seoul, Korea, at the beginning of May, a session called Harnessing the Communication Effect highlighted the role of communication in the forestry and environment sectors. The session aimed at answering the question How can we be brave in our communication about forests to create greater impact and reach broader audiences?
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EfD Uganda/Inclusive Green Economy
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Uganda’s IGE Fellows call for policies with clearer objectives and implementation plans
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Center Director, Edward Bbaale with the IGE Fellows after the workshop. Photo: EfD-Mak Centre
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Uganda’s participants in the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program, so-called IGE fellows, call for national policy instruments that have clear objectives and implementation plans. They also emphasize the need for information-based instruments, information disclosure, and a change of mindset among policy-makers.
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EfD Ethiopia/Inclusive Green Economy
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Workshop on fossil fuel, plastic pollution, and forest loss in Ethiopia
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The Ethiopian team in the Inclusive Green Economy(IGE) program conducted a workshop on the draft National Policy Review (NPR) covering three themes; fossil fuel, plastic pollution, and forest loss. Participants in this program are senior civil servants. Read more about this!
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Should smallholder farmers in Vietnam specialize or diversify?
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Farmers in Vietnam. Photo: Pixabay.
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Economy of scale means reduced cost when producing large volumes of one crop, while scope economies refer to the better use of resources when producing a number of crops on the same area. In the case of Vietnam, is crop diversification or specialization better for small farms, in terms of efficiency and productivity?
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Director for EfD South Africa Awarded SARChI Research Chair
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Martine Visser. Photo: EfD South Africa
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On the perils of environmentally friendly alternatives
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Photo: Anna Shvets, Pexels
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Environmentally friendly alternatives are touted as a key component of a transition towards lowering the impact of human activity on the environment. What does it cost to make consumers switch to environmental-friendly alternatives? EfD researchers Francisco Alpízar, Fredrik Carlsson, and Gracia Lanza have studied this. Read more about what they learned!
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Does participatory forest management increase forest resource use to cope with shocks?
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Ethiopian village. Photo: Peter Wieser, Pixabay
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The government of Ethiopia has extensively adopted participatory forest management (PFM) programs. However, there is very little empirical evidence on whether PFM practices in Ethiopia enhance the capacity of rural households to cope with shocks. EfD researchers Abebe D. Beyene, Alemu Mekonnen, Randall Bluffstone, and co-author Yemiru Tesfaye have looked into whether forest income and share of forest income are higher for PFM members than non-members when faced with shocks. Read about their findings!
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Emissions trading with consignment auctions
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A session of the lab-in-the-field experiments in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Photo: EfD China.
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EfD researcher Zhi Li and his co-author Da Zhang, and Xiliang Zhang have studied what emissions trading systems have the best effect when it comes to reducing emissions without getting harmful results for small firms. Their results provide insights on permit allocation designs when introducing emission trading systems, especially for developing countries that are pondering the balance between market efficiency and firms’ cost burden.
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From 2007 until 2019 the EfD Annual Meeting has evolved to become the largest and most vibrant conference in the Global South on the application of environmental and resource economics.
After two years of virtual meetings, we are now back to a real-life meeting. This time the conference is hosted by the EfD center at Makerere University which has promised us a beautiful venue on the shores of Lake Victoria near Kampala, Uganda.
The conference will follow our format of scientific and policy keynotes combined with thematic parallel sessions and workshops.
Training sessions and collaborative program meetings will be organized before and after the Annual Meeting.
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The 2022 Gothenburg International Research Workshop on Sustainable Economic Growth and Decent Work for All
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The 2022 Gothenburg International Research Workshop on Sustainable Economic Growth and Decent Work for All will take place on August 25-26, 2022. Researchers from around the world are invited to present, discuss and network on issues related to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 in Agenda 2030.
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The 11th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics takes place on August 19-20, 2022, at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The theme is A pathway toward Carbon Neutrality in Asia.
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Economist - EfD Central America
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EfD Central America is hiring a professional in Economics. The person speaks Spanish and English and the position is located at Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) in Costa Rica.
The position is for one year, with the possibility of prolonging.
Apply before July 31st.
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Understanding the gender and climate change nexus
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The International Economic Association, the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Bank Group are co-organizing a conference on Understanding the Gender and Climate Change Nexus virtually on November 15-17, 2022. The conference provides an opportunity for researchers to present the results of their research at the intersection of gender and climate change. This event also aims to serve as a platform for evidence-based policy dialogue.
Deadline for submissions: Aug 8, 2022
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The Economy & Environment Partnership for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) announces a call for concept notes for a seed grant which provides researchers in Southeast Asia the chance to develop a full research proposal in preparation to submit to potential funding agencies for larger research grant applications.
Research topics that apply the tools of economics and trans-disciplinary approach in the analysis of policy-relevant environmental challenges are invited.
Deadline for submissions: July 3, 2022.
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IDRC Women, Peace and Security Award
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The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has launched an annual Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Research Award to advance knowledge of the lessons learned, good practices, achievements, emerging issues as well as the outstanding challenges in implementing the WPS agenda, at local, regional, and global levels.
The theme of this year’s WPS Research Award is Gender, Climate Change, and Conflict.
Deadline for submissions: July 18, 2022.
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Africa Finance and Economic Association (AFEA)
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Africa Finance and Economic Association (AFEA) announces that the AFEA-Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) call for papers is now open. The meeting will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 6-8.
AFEA invites relevant and high-quality papers covering a wide array of sustainable development issues.
Deadline: August 30, 2022.
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