The Environment for Development initiative

The overall objective of the EfD initiative is to support poverty alleviation and sustainable development through the increased use of environmental economics in the policy making process. The EfD initiative is a capacity building program in environmental economics, focusing on research, policy advice, and teaching in Central America, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania.

Most recent publications

News

2012-01-24

RFF Activities in Human Cooperation to Manage Natural Resources (COMMONS) program 2011

This is a brief report on Resources for the Future’s use of the Swedish Research Council, Formas, [...]

2012-01-20

New edition:Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management

This book by Thomas Sterner and Jessica Coria is an attempt to encourage more widespread and [...]

2012-01-13

Sterner on CNBC Africa/ABN tv show: "Fuel Taxes on the Poor"

Thomas Sterner was interviewed in a tv-show on CNBC Africa/ABN yesterday at 17.30. The show, [...]

Calendar

2012-02-23

Collaborative Research Workshop on Energy and Household Welfare

This is a closed meeting. Only selected delegates will be able to participate.

2012-04-25

Call for session speakers on First world congress of Biodiversity 2012

BIT Congress will be launching the First Annual World Congress of Biodiversity- 2012 (BioD-2012) [...]

2012-06-19

International Energy Workshop

Call for papers: Deadline for submission: February 1st, 2012. The 31st edition of the International [...]