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DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT
In developing countries, the poor are especially vulnerable to environmental degradation and addressing this problem is often difficult because of weak institutional capacity. Recent Resources for the Future research in developing countries has examined the performance of innovative policy approaches like public disclosure, economic incentives, and voluntary programs for reducing pollution; the environmental impacts of the small firms and how to mitigate them; and the causes of deforestation and possible policy responses.
In 2007, RFF began working with the Environmental Economics Unit at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden to create national centers for environmental economic analysis in China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania. Like RFF, these Environment for Development (EfD) centers aim to improve environmental and natural resource policy making by generating high quality objective research on such issues as land management, forestry, fisheries, wildlife, climate change, and environmental fiscal reform. |
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| PUBLICATIONS | | Voluntary Environmental Regulation in Developing Countries: Mexico's Clean Industry Program | | Allen Blackman, Bidisha Lahiri, William A. Pizer, Marisol Rivera Planter, Carlos Muñoz Piña | | RFF Discussion Paper 07-36-REV | August 2010 | | | | Adoption and Impact of Improved Groundnut Varieties on Rural Poverty: Evidence from Rural Uganda | | Menale Kassie, Bekele Shiferaw, Geoffrey Muricho | | RFF Discussion Paper EfD 10-11 | May 2010 | | | | Opportunity Cost for Free Allocations of Emissions Permits: An Experimental Analysis | | Markus Wråke, Erica Myers, Svante Mandell, Charles Holt, Dallas Burtraw | | Environmental and Resource Economics | forthcoming | | | | A Symmetric Safety Valve | | Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer and Danny Kahn | | Energy Policy | forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 09-06 | | | | Options for Energy Efficiency in India and Barriers to Their
Adoption: A Scoping Study | | Soma Bhattacharya, Maureen L. Cropper | | RFF Discussion Paper 10-20 | April 2010 | | | | Why We Need Accurate Maps of the World’s Forests | | Daniel Morris, Molly K. Macauley, Roger A. Sedjo | | Resources | Winter 2010 (174) | | | | View All Related Publications |
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| EVENTS | | Seventh Annual Hans Landsberg Lecture with Rosina Bierbaum: The Changing Climate for Development | | Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | | Adapting to a Changing Climate: Reforming Institutions and Managing for Extremes | | Wednesday, April 01, 2009 | | The Intersection of Climate and Deforestation: RFF First Wednesday seminar | | Wednesday, November 07, 2007 | | 3rd Annual Hans Landsberg Lecture with John Tilton | | Wednesday, December 14, 2005 | | Priorities, Politics, and Structures of U.S. Global Poverty Policy | | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 |
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| RELATED SUBTOPICS | | Africa, Asia, Central america, China, Coffee\shade-grown coffee, Corporate responsibility, Deforestation, Demographics, Disease, Global trade, India, International, Latin america, Mexico, Population, Poverty, Shade coffee, Sustainable development |
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