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The Impact of Climate Change on Pastoral Production Systems: A Study of Climate Variability and Household Adaptation Strategies in Southern Ethiopian RangelandsThis paper examines the determinants and implied economic impacts of climate change adaptation strategies in the context of traditional pastoralism. It is based on a household level survey in southern Ethiopian rangelands...
Agriculture Climatic changes Economic aspects (Environment)Working Paper
Implications of Climate Change for Ghana’s EconomyLong-run economic development in Ghana is potentially vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change given the country’s dependence on rainfed agriculture, hydropower, and unpaved rural roads...
Climatic changes Environmental aspects (Economic development) Economic aspects (Environment)Working Paper
The Effect of Climate Change on Economic Growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan AfricaThis paper is a contribution to the empirics of climate change and its effect on sustainable economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa...
Econometrics Econometric models (Economic development) Environmental economicsWorking Paper
Climate Change and Economic Growth Prospects for Malawi: An Uncertainty ApproachMalawi confronts a development imperative in a context of rising temperatures and deep uncertainty about precipitation trends. We evaluate the implications of climate change for overall growth and development prospects to 2050...
Climatic changes Economic development Global warmingResearch Brief
The Price of Inaction - Climate Change in MozambiqueAll climate scenarios considered result in reduced national welfare, if no reforms are enacted...
Climatic changes Equilibrium (Economics) Global warmingBook Chapter
Global Asymmetries and their Implications for Climate and Industrial PoliciesFrom the book: Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century
Environmental economics Environmental policy Economic aspects (Environmental policy)Blog
From The Editor's Desk (December 2012)
Tony Addison This year has rushed by at speed. For UNU-WIDER it’s been a year of big successes. We will have published some 110 working papers by the end of December, up from 96 in 2011 (go here for the latest list)...
Economic aspects (Economic development) Economic aspects (Environment) Climatic changesBlog
Climate Change and Development Policy
James Thurlow UNU-WIDER recently hosted an international conference on ‘Climate Change and Development Policy’. We were motivated by the apparent disconnect between research and policy on this issue...
Economic aspects (Environmental policy) Economic development Economic growthBlog
Climate Change and Development Policy: Competing Aims?
Yongfu Huang The climate change crisis and development needs of the world's poor require us to acknowledge the necessity and urgency for both continued growth at the current pace, and rapid greening of this growth strategy...
Climatic changes Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic developmentBlog
From the Editor’s Desk (September 2012) Tony Addison Mid-September finds UNU-WIDER very busy preparing for our big conference on climate change and development policy that takes place later this month, as well as our WIDER Annual Lecture by Lant Pritchett of Harvard University (you can als...
Pollution (Air) Agricultural innovations AgricultureWorking Paper
The Economic Costs of Climate Change: a Multi-Sector Impact Assessment for VietnamUnlike existing studies, we adopt a multi-sectoral approach and consider the full range of climate projections. Biophysical damages are translated into economic costs using a dynamic economywide model...
Climatic changes Econometric models Economic aspects (Environment)Journal Article
A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis of Adaptation to Climate Change in EthiopiaPart of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and Economic Development
Environmental aspects (Economic development) Economic forecasting Simulation methods (Economics)Journal Article
Economic Development under Climate ChangePart of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and Economic Development
Climatic changes Economic development Global warmingJournal Article
Some Forward Looking Thoughts on Studying Climate Adaptation for an Uncertain Future: A Postscript Editorial CommentPart of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and Economic Development
Climatic changes Decision making Global warmingJournal Special Issue
Climate Change and Economic DevelopmentThe roots of development economics lie in the study of large-scale phenomena such as economic transformation...
Climatic changes Economic development Economic aspects (Environment)Blog
From the Editor's Desk (August 2012) Tony Addison With this issue, Angle returns refreshed from its Nordic summer break. The sun continues to shine on the Baltic, although it is getting noticeably chillier as we now head into the autumn...
Economic aspects (Environment) Children Climatic changes