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4. Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries

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Jeuland, Marc, Fetter, T. Robert, Li, Yating, Pattanayak, Subhrendu K., Usmani, Faraz, Bluffstone, Randall A., Chávez, Carlos, Girardeau, Hannah, Hassen, Sied, Jagger, Pamela, Jaime, Mónica M., Karumba, Mary, Köhlin, Gunnar, Lenz, Luciane, Litzow, Erin L., Masatsugu, Lauren, Naranjo, Maria Angelica, Peters, Jörg, Qin, Ping, Ruhinduka, Remidius D., Serrano-Medrano, Montserrat, Sievert, Maximiliane, Sills, Erin O., and Toman, Michael

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2021
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16. International labour migration, farmland fallowing, livelihood diversification and technology adoption in Nepal.

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KARKI NEPAL, Apsara, NEPAL, Mani, and BLUFFSTONE, Randall

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EMIGRATION & immigration, MIGRANT labor, INNOVATION adoption, FALLOWING, ALTERNATIVE agriculture, AGRICULTURAL technology, FOOD prices, DISTANCE education
Abstract

The article investigates the influence of temporary international labor migration on rural dynamics in Nepal, revealing that households with migrants are 50% more likely to leave agricultural land fallow. Topics include the promotion of agricultural intensification technologies and livelihood diversification, with potential implications for increased food insecurity stemming from land fallowing, despite possible improvements through agricultural intensification.

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2023
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19. Stability and Evolution of Preferences for Improved Cookstoves: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis of a Choice Experiment from Ethiopia

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Dissanayake, Sahan T. M., primary, Voigt, George, additional, Cooper, Abbie, additional, Beyene, Abebe Damte, additional, Bluffstone, Randall, additional, Gebreegziabher, Zenebe, additional, LaFave, Daniel, additional, Martinsson, Peter, additional, Mekonnen, Alemu, additional, and Toman, Michael, additional

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2019
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42. Household Level Determinants of Agroforestry Practices Adoption in Rural Ethiopia

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Abebe Damte Beyene, Rahel Deribe, Bluffstone Randall, and Alemu Mekonnen

Subjects
040101 forestry, Rural ethiopia, Geography, Land use, Agroforestry, 0211 other engineering and technologies, 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, 021107 urban & regional planning, Forestry, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, 02 engineering and technology
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Agroforestry is increasingly promoted as an economically and environmentally sustainable land use system. Understanding factors affecting smallholder farmers’ decision to adopt agroforestry...

Published
2019

45. Improved Biomass Cookstove Use in the Longer Run : Results from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia

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Mekonnen, Alemu, Beyene, Abebe D., Bluffstone, Randall, Dissanayake, Sahan, Gebreegziabher, Zenebe, LaFave, Daniel, Martinsson, Peter, and Toman, Michael A.

Subjects
IMPROVED STOVE, HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION, BIOMASS ENERGY, COOKING TECHNOLOGY
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This paper reports on electronically-monitored improved use of the "Mirt" biomass stove in Ethiopia over a relatively long period of three-and-a-half years, using stove use data collected at five points in time. The results show that 62 percent of the households surveyed still retained their stoves after more than three years, which is a low level of abandonment, as the lifetime of the Mirt stove is approximately five years. Dis-adoption of the stove is not correlated with any of three monetary incentives provided at the time of distribution. With and without adjusting for dis-adoption, no longer-run differences in stove retention are found across treatments. Among those who retained their stoves, average regular stove use increased over time, but generally it is statistically the same toward the end of the first year. Thus, despite the relatively long timeframe, no decline is observed in regular usage. Comparing the persistence of the treatment effects, the paper finds that, in the longer run, subsidizing the cost most effectively promotes increased regular use over time.

Published
2020

46. Warehouses, trucks, and [PM.sub.2.5]: human health and logistics industry growth in the eastern Inland Empire

Author

Bluffstone, Randall A. and Ouderkirk, Brad

Subjects
Southern California -- Buildings and facilities -- Environmental aspects -- Health aspects, Medical care, Cost of -- Evaluation -- Environmental aspects -- Health aspects -- Research, Warehouses -- Growth -- Health aspects -- Environmental aspects -- Research, Mortality -- United States -- Research -- Growth, Logistics services -- Growth -- Environmental aspects -- Health aspects -- Evaluation, Morbidity -- Research, Trucks -- Environmental aspects -- Evaluation, Air pollution -- Research -- Environmental aspects -- Health aspects, Business, Economics, Company growth, Buildings and facilities, Evaluation, Research, Growth, Environmental aspects, Health aspects
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The eastern Inland Empire of Southern California has experienced dramatic growth of the logistics industry since 2000. This paper analyzes the air pollution implications of that expansion. It is found that truck traffic will generate significant air pollution, especially [PM.sub.2.5]. The estimated excess mortality associated is 32-64 cases per year, with a combined excess mortality and morbidity value of $247-$455 million per year. This represents 44%-81% of the estimated wages generated by industry growth and $5 million-$9 million per distribution facility. These estimates suggest that policies should be developed to internalize those costs., I. INTRODUCTION The logistics industry organizes, stores, and then transports consumer and other goods throughout the United States. It is composed primarily of warehousing and distribution facilities that now typically [...]

Published
2007

48. Explaining environmental management in Central and Eastern Europe

Author

Bluffstone, Randall and Sterner, Thomas

Subjects
Europe -- Environmental aspects -- Economic aspects, World Bank Group. World Bank -- Economic policy, Environmental protection -- Analysis -- Government finance -- Economic aspects -- Environmental aspects, Business, general, Business, Economics, Economic aspects, Analysis, Economic policy, Government finance, Environmental aspects
Abstract

The paper analyses the adoption of various environmental management systems (EMSs) by industrial firms in Central and Eastern Europe approximately 8 years after economic transitions began. Of special interest are the effects of privatisation, export orientation, public pressure and environmental regulation on adoption. Using logit regression models, it is found that several transition and environmental regulatory factors spur EMS adoption. Better environmental regulatory systems and anticipation of more stringent future regulation appear to encourage EMS. Public information regarding firms' pollution emissions, foreign direct investment and export dependency also appear to be important, but there is no evidence that firm ownership is related to EMS adoption. Keywords: environmental management, central and Eastern Europe, economic transition JEL Classifications: p26, Q58, Q55, INTRODUCTION Late in the 20th century, a historic series of events caused the downfall of the economic system of planning that characterised the Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe [...]

Published
2006

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