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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
February 2023
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Dear friends of EfD,
Welcome to yet another monthly update from the global Environment for Development network, including recent activities in Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Colombia. This newsletter also features a number of interesting publications focusing on air quality and inequality in Bogotá (published in ERE), environmental education programs in Chile (published in JDE), public policy design and CPR (published in AJAE), and intrahousehold decision-making in Ethiopia (published in JEBO).
Please enjoy and share the latest news and research from the EfD network!
Gunnar Köhlin, Director
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IDRC met with EfD to finalize research agenda for the Global South
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Bhim Adhikari, IDRC and Gunnar Köhlin, EfD. Photo: Petra Hansson.
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EfD, along with partners, has been working intensely for a year and a half to develop a research agenda that will support a low-carbon transition in the Global South. Bhim Adhikari, Senior Program Specialist at the funding partner IDRC, recently visited EfD Global Hub to talk about the project. Read more about this!
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Floods cause increasing losses in Nigerian communities
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Lokoja, Nigeria. Photo: Ibrahim Obansa, Guardian Newspaper.
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Research evidence has shown an increase in climate change-related losses despite the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and the adaptation of coping strategies by Nigerian farmers. Read more about this important study conducted by a team of researchers, mainly from Nigeria!
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Marine Stewardship Council appoints Wisdom Akpalu as Technical Advisory Board member
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Wisdom Akpalu. Photo: EfD Ghana.
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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has co-opted Wisdom Akpalu, Director of EfD Ghana, as a member of its Technical Advisory Board. The MSC is an international non-profit organization that recognizes and rewards efforts to protect oceans and safeguard seafood supplies for the future. Read more about this!
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EfD Ghana hosts Fisheries Commission experts to discuss emerging issues
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Wisdom Akpalu traces the effects of the 2022 closed season with data and evidence. Photo: Vicentia Quartey.
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EfD Ghana invited the scientific and technical committee members of the Fisheries Commission of Ghana to discuss emerging issues in the country’s capture fisheries sector. The meeting provided strategies for promoting the sustainability of fisheries resources and obtaining stakeholders’ inputs for a new fisheries sector research by the center. Read more about the outcomes of this meeting!
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EfD Ethiopia organized Geographical Information System training with Copenhagen University
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QGIS trainers. Photo: EfD Ethiopia.
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EfD Ethiopia and the Agriculture & Rural Development Policy Research Center provided training on the Quantum Geographic Information System (QGIS) for the Policy Studies Institute(PSI) researchers and staff in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on 31 January 2023. Learn more about what this!
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"Improved rural water supply and sanitation foster social and economic development in Tanzania"
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Julieth Tibanywana (from left) with other WASH stakeholders. Photo: EfD Tanzania.
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Improving the quality of water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) has a proven transformative impact on Tanzania's social and economic development. This was highlighted during the launch of the 18th Tanzania Economic Update which focused on the theme: Clean Water, Bright Future: The Transformative Impact of Investing in WASH. Read more about this event, and what EfD researcher Julieth Tibanywana presented!
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Women in Environmental Economics for Development
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WinEED Colombia kicks off 2023
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Brainstorming during the WinEED breakfast. Photo: WinEED.
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Women in Environmental Economics for Development (WinEED) members gathered during breakfast to meet and brainstorm on how to work in the network. Read more about their plans!
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Assessing multiple inequalities and air pollution abatement policies
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Bogotá. Photo by Andres Martinez, Pixabay.
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Much research has been dedicated to economic and social inequality, but this study by EfD researchers Jorge A. Bonilla, Claudia Aravena, and co-author Ricardo Morales-Betancourt focuses on environmental inequality. They found that the allocation of air quality across Bogotá is highly unequal, exceeding economic or social inequality. Evidence also indicates that economic, social, and air quality disparities intersect. They have, in addition, found which policy is the most cost-effective in reducing this inequality. The study was published in Environmental and Resource Economics. Read this interesting paper!
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Can environmental education programs make children and parents more pro-environmental?
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Fourth-graders participated in the eductional project. Photo: EfD Chile.
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Changing people's attitudes is an important first step in addressing environmental issues. EfD researchers Marcela Jaime Torres, César Salazar Espinoza, Francisco Alpízar, and Fredrik Carlsson have studied the effects of an environmental education campaign. They found a sizeable effect on children's knowledge, attitudes, and practices. However, they didn't find any evidence of a spillover effect on parents' behavior. Consequently, interventions targeting children should include the parents to achieve long-term impacts. The study was published in the Journal of Development Economics.
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Public policy design and common property resources: A social network approach.
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Colombian fishermen. Photo: Programa VAR; INVEMAR, Colombia.
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In this paper, published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EfD researcher Jorge Marco and his co-author Renan Goetz analyzed how much social networks, social pressure, and the scarcity of a common resource make people comply with norms in a way that favors cooperation. They found that social networks support cooperation, but their influence is limited. They also found that combinations of different types of informal enforcement policies should be applied cautiously because they may cancel each other out. Read more about this interesting study!
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The impact of improved seed adoption on nutrition outcome
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Agriculture in Ethiopia. Photo: Istock.
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This EfD Discussion Paper by EfD researchers Meseret B. Abebe and Kefyalew Endale highlights the impact of new technologies on nutrition security. The results suggest that the positive effects of adopting improved agricultural technologies may be much larger than what has been documented by previous studies. Learn more about their interesting results!
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Decision-making within the household: The role of division of labor and differences in preferences
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Improved stove. Photo: EfD.
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In this study, conducted by EfD researchers Yonas Alem, Sied Hassen, and Gunnar Köhlin, and published in the Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization, the researchers created income-earning opportunities to empower households and conduct an actual stove purchase experiment to explore their willingness to pay for fuel-, time-, and indoor air pollution-reducing improved cookstoves. Results differed considerably between women and men, and when couples made a joint decision. Find out more about the interesting results!
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Researcher in environmental economics - research management, EfD Global Hub
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You will conduct high-quality research in environmental economics, climate economics and development economics, with a special focus on issues related to poverty and sustainability in low- and middle-income countries. You will support the management of EfD's research fund, EfD's research processes and coordinate research applications involving EfD researchers in the network. The position involves close collaboration with EfD centers in the Global South.
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WRI, Director Africa Energy
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In this role, you will lead the Africa Energy Program, including the design and execution of strategy, overseeing program implementation, managing staff and associates, being responsible for the delivery of targeted outcomes, and tracking indicators of progress and success.
Deadline for application: March 6, 2023.
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Wageningen, Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Environmental Economics
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You will work at the Environmental Economics and Natural Resource (ENR) Group with among others: research that contributes to finding solutions to societal or scientific problems, and is suitable for publication in high-quality general science journals, contribute to education in economics, participate in processes to increase the quality of our education; participate in academic networks; assume a central role in the preparation of grant proposals; and supervise PhD students.
Deadline for applications: March 15, 2023.
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Important dates to remember!
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Mark your calendars: The deadline for submission of papers is June 5, 2023. Authors will be notified by July 31st and the deadline for submitting the final draft of accepted papers to be included in the program is August 15th.
Keep an eye on our website, so you don't miss any important information!
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The Wallace Conference, Costa Rica
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This international scientific conference will be held at the host institution of EfD Central America, the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), located in Turrialba, Costa Rica. It will be an open high-level scenario to allow researchers to network, increase their knowledge, and share their findings.
Date: May 31 - June 2, 2023
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ARUA Climate Change and Inequalities Symposium Justice in Transition – Transforming Social Inequalities Through Inclusive Climate Action
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The ARUA research symposium on climate change and inequality will create spaces for innovative, transdisciplinary exchange to facilitate novel networks and collaborations between early and mid-career researchers, senior scholars, and practitioners.
Date: March 7-8 2023.
Location: UCT, South Africa
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