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Gold mining pollution and the cost of private healthcare: The case of GhanaTo attract greater levels of foreign direct investment into their gold mining sectors, many mineral-rich countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been willing to overlook serious instances of mining company non-compliance with environmental standards...
Health expenditures Mineral industries PollutionJournal Article
Public disclosure for carbon abatement: African decision-makers in a PROPER public good experimentA linear public good experiment adopted from Holt and Laury [1997. Classroom games: Voluntary provision of a public good...
Field experiments Pollution Public goodsVideo
Low Carbon Development in ChinaConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 5.2
PollutionWorking Paper
Public disclosure for pollution abatement: African decision-makers in a PROPER public good experimentA linear public good experiment has been employed to investigate strategic behaviour in pollution abatement among African climate decision-makers...
Group decision making Hazardous wastes Natural disastersBlog
The Future of Development – Aid and Beyond
Just over a year ago, in March 2014, UNU-WIDER published a report entitled: What do we know about aid as we approach 2015?...
Biodiversity conservation Children Climate changeBlog
Growth Yes, but where’s the Transformation and Inclusion?
26 March 2014 Roger Williamson Africa is growing, with The Economist noting that 6 out of 10 of the world’s fastest growing economies for 2000-10 were in Africa . But how optimistic should we be?...
Economic development Economic growth Structural adjustment (Economic policy)Journal Article
Measuring the Carbon Intensity of the South African EconomyWe estimate the carbon intensity of industries, products and households in South Africa using data from a high resolution supply-use table...
Industries Natural resources Nonrenewable natural resourcesJournal Article
Biofuels and Economic Development: a Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for TanzaniaBiofuels could offer new economic opportunities for low-income countries. We use a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model of Tanzania to evaluate different biofuels production options and estimate their impacts on growth and poverty...
Agriculture Climate change Natural resourcesBook Chapter
Trade Liberalization, Environment and Poverty: A Developing Country PerspectiveFrom the book: Globalization and the Poor in Asia
Economic policy Environmental policy International tradeWorking Paper
Trade Liberalization, Environment and Poverty: A Developing Country PerspectiveThis paper revisits the pollution haven hypothesis in the context of Pakistan by offering a systematic analysis of its trade and production patterns...
Economic policy Environmental policy International tradeWorking Paper
Water and Third World Cities: The Expanding PuzzleWater and food scarcity are among the major problems that mankind faces today and will increasingly face in the coming decades...
Economic growth Land use Pollution