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Policy briefs are prepared in order to disseminate the findings from the environmental economics research to non-economists and policy makers. We make our briefs available in connection with our projects and publications.
- tanzania | Fisheries Managing marine protected areas through incentives to local people; The case of Mnazi Bay Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in poor countries typically address the impact of fishing restrictions on rural resource-dependent villagers because of their mandate and because achieving conservation goals requires altering household fishing behavior.
- central america | Climate change Policy design The role safety nets as part of adaptation strategies to climate change in Central America Studying collective responses to extreme climatic events is fundamental in the design of adaptation strategies in developing countries
- tanzania | Forestry Improving forest management in Tanzania Understanding patterns of access rights, investments, and enforcement Elizabeth J Z Robinson, Heidi J Albers, Guyslain Ngeleza, and Razack Lokina 2012 Improving forest management in Tanzania Understanding patterns of access rights, investments, and enforcement
- central america | Behavior ec. Policy design Urban local governance, cooperation and emotions: experimental results from Costa Rica Social and regulatory pressure promote pro-environmental action and social welfare.
- central america | Climate change Policy design Developing a framework to analyze the relationship between floods and internal migration The Costa Rican experience: extreme weather events partially explain permanent internal migration as an adaptive measure.
- central america | Parks & Wildlife Policy design What makes them follow the rules: the case of Ostional turtle egg harvesters Understanding the reasons why some people are more prone to break the rules than others reveal some of the challenges that local people and policy makers must overcome in order to let local institutions endure.
- central america | Parks & Wildlife Policy design Perspectivas futuras sobre el comanejo como alternativa para el uso y la protección de las tortugas en Ostional A pesar del relativo éxito del modelo de co-manejo que existe en el Refugio de Vida Silvestre de Ostional, los cambios externos repentinos y sin precedentes en el entorno local plantean serias interrogantes a la permenancia de este modelo de gestión para el uso y la protección de tortugas.
- eeu sweden | Climate change Policy design CO2 Discrepancies between Top Data Reporters Create a Quandary for Policy Analysis A review by the CO2Scorecard Group has revealed substantial discrepancies between the top publicly available global databases of CO2 emissions. Shakeb Afsah and Michael Aller (2010, CO2 Discrepancies between Top Data Reporters Create a Quandary for Policy Analysis, CO2 Scorecard Group - Powered by Performeks Analytics
- eeu sweden | Climate change Fate of China’s CO2 Sealed with its Currency Regime Everyone wants to blame the undervalued Yuan for global problems. Economists have claimed it will prolong the global recession. Pundits link the export-driven economy to lax environmental regulations and low labor standards. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called it a contributing factor in a round of capital controls and currency-market interventions by emerging economies. Shakeb Afsah and Kendyl Salcito (2011), Fate of China’s CO2 Sealed with its Currency Regime, CO2 Scorecard Group - Powered by Performeks Analytics
- eeu sweden | Climate change Energy The World Bank's Coal Electricity Headache It has been widely reviewed, reported, and vociferously condemned that the World Bank Group (WBG) is investing heavily in coal. In South Africa, Botswana and India, the Bank has issued over $4 billion in loans for new coal-fired power plants since 2008. As a result, the Bank’s brand name is now tied to more than a billion tons of CO2 emissions over the next four to five decades. Shakeb Afsah and Kendyl Salcito (2011, The World Bank's Coal Electricity Headache, CO2 Scorecard Group - Powered by Performeks Analytics
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