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Economic Approaches to Climate Change and Poverty: a workshop for economic policy makers and researchers in Bangladesh

This workshop was jointly organized by UNDP, UNEP, the Planning Commission of Bangladesh and SANDEE. ... read more

23rd Biannual and Research Training Workshop
SANDEE's 23rd Biannual Research and Training Workshop was held in Gokarna Resort, Kathmandu, Nepal from ... read more

A Training Course in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, May 2012

SANDEE is organizing a three-week training course in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics for ... read more

Promise, Trust and Evolution: Managing the Commons of South Asia

Published by Oxford University Press, UK (2008)
Boo... read more

Environmental Valuation in South Asia

A New Book by SANDEE
Published by Cambridge University Press, New Delhi (2011)

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The Economics of Climate Change Adaptation in India – Research and Policy Challenges Ahead*

Unbelievable but True -- Improved cook-stoves are not helpful in reducing firewood demand in Nepal
Abstract: This paper analyzes the effect of different types of cook-stoves on firewood demand at the hous... read more

To Develop or to Conserve? The Case of the Diyawanna Oya Wetlands in Sri Lanka
Abstract: The Diyawanna Oya wetland ecosystem has proven to be an important recreational site in the grea... read more

SANDEE - A Decade in Focus

This publication reports on the last ten years of SANDEE's activities and discusses some the acc... read more

Natural Barriers, Public Investments and Private Expenditures – Coping with Storm Damages in Bangladesh

How to Boost Environmental Literacy – A Case Study from Bangladesh

Which Type of Stove is Best? An Environmental Impact Assessment from Nepal

Develop or Conserve? The Case of the Diyawanna Oya Wetlands in Sri Lanka

Community Management is Good for Forests: Results from a Field Experiment in India

Newsletter No. 21, Spring 2011

Annual Report 2010

Transactions Matter but They Hardly Cost: Irrigation Management in the Kathmandu Valley
Abstract: This study estimates the transaction costs entailed in maintaining Farmer Managed Irrigation Sy... read more

User-based Financing of Marine Protection in the Maldives
Abstract: Maldivian atolls are known for their beautiful coral structures, fish abundance, white sandy be... read more

Valuing the Recreational Uses of Pakistan's Wetlands: An Application of the Travel Cost Method
Abstract: According Global 200, which scientifically ranks outstanding terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems... read more

Rights, Responsibilities and Resources: Examining Community Forestry in South Asia
Abstract: This paper seeks to understand whether decentralized management of forests can reduce forest lo... read more

Newsletter No. 22, Fall 2011
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Motives for Firms to Adopt Solid Waste Management Controls: The Case of Food Processing Sector in Sri Lanka

Abstract:This study offers an empirical analysis of the economic incentives available for food process... read more

The Welfare Impacts of Leasehold Forestry in Nepal
Abstract: The study analyzes the role of the leasehold forestry (LHF) program in improving household welf... read more

Toxicity and Profitability of Rice Cultivation under Waste-Water Irrigation: The Case of the East Calcutta Wetlands

Abstract: The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation... read more

Estimating the Value of Statistical Life in Pakistan
Abstract:The study estimates the Value of Statistical Life and Limb in Pakistan based on the compensating... read more

Indigenous Communities, Cooperation, and Communication: Taking Experiments to the Field
Abstract: Much experimental research has been conducted in laboratory settings on human behavior related ... read more

The Impact of Transaction Costs on Agriculture in Nepal

Why invest in Tourism in Pakistan? Examining Evidence from Keenjhar Lake

Is Community Forest Management Good for the Environment and the Poor? – A Review

What Makes Food Processing Firms Clean Up their Waste? – A Case Study from Sri Lanka

Can Lease Hold Forestry in Nepal Benefit People and the Environment?

Consumer Responses to Incentive to Reduce Plastic Bag Use: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Urban India
Abstract: In this paper we test for appropriate policies that could help control the use of plastic bags ... read more

Lecture Notes
The Alternatives to Slash and Burn (ASB) consortium has developed a series of lecture notes on integrated... read more

Graduate school of international relation and pacific studies
This institute was founded in the mid-1980s in response to the needs of California businesses, the Univer... read more

DIVERSITAS – an integrative approach to biodiversity science
DIVERSITAS brings together biological, ecological and social sciences to address four key questions that ... read more

Open Data - The World Bank
The World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users with access to World Bank data. Th... read more