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Làm thế nào để nghiên cứu có thể cung cấp thông tin đầu vào cho chính sách công ở Việt Nam trong bối cảnh biến...
Việt Nam đặt mục tiêu đạt phát thải ròng bằng 0 (Net-Zero) vào năm 2050, đồng thời duy trì tăng trưởng kinh tế. Việc đạt được các mục tiêu này càng trở nên thách thức hơn do hiện tượng nóng lên to...
How can research inform public policies in Viet Nam in the face of climate change and energy transition?
Viet Nam is aiming for Net-Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, while sustaining economic growth. Achieving these targets is even more challenging due to global warming, especially increased cli...
Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in Egypt, 1998–2023
Female labor force participation in Egypt remains low, and wages consistently under-reward women compared to men. This disparity is partly driven by the systematic channeling of women into lower-payin...
Migration during Economic Crisis: The Case of Egypt
Egypt has experienced a major economic crisis since March 2022, which has had substantial impacts on food inflation and standards of living. This crisis was compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, its gl...
The Use of Information and Communication Technology in the Workplace in Egypt
The dynamic intersection between technology and labor constitutes the focal point of labor market policies designed to align with technological transitions. Studying the characteristics of digitized w...
The Evolution of Social Protection in Egypt, 2006-2023
This paper examines the trends in social protection coverage in Egypt over the 2006-2023 period. The different forms of protection that we analyze include contributory social insurance schemes, employ...
Greening Colombia’s Energy: The Future of Jobs and Pensions
This paper evaluates the effects of Colombia's transition to a low-carbon economy on employment and pensions. Utilizing a three-stage analysis integrating national energy scenarios, an input-output mo...
Environmental policies for supporting sustainable energy transition in Vietnam: Evaluation and policy recommen...
Vietnam has long been an active member of international efforts to address environmental challenges. In the pursuit of the goals of environmental protection, greenhouse gas emission reduction and clim...
Promoting a More Progressive Approach - Evaluating the Impact of Social and Fiscal Policies in Mexico and Colo...
This research paper analyzes the redistributive impact of some fiscal policies and social programmes (direct taxes and transfers) before and after the pandemic Crisis in Mexico and Colombia, following...
Spatial Inequality, Sub-regional governance and Subjective Well-being - The case of South Africa
This paper examines how spatial variation in inequality and quality of institutions interact to explain variation in subjective wellbeing. Literature suggests that better institutions and lower level...
Reducing Inequalities Despite Climate change? Rethinking Progress Towards Reducing Income Inequalities and the...
This multicountry study incorporate the economic resources of countries and measure how countries are combining their resources to reduce income inequality. It also examine the effects of climate — te...
Rethinking agricultural and rural training systemically with a range of actors at territorial level. How can a...
In sub-Saharan Africa, demographic projections indicate that the rural population is expected to continue growing, reaching 980 million people by 2050. Young people under the age of twenty-five living...
A Case Study of Occupational Safety and Health in Vietnam’s ICT Manufacturing SMEs
Based on an extensive desk review, and key informant interviews with a range of stakeholders, this background article explores the occupational safety and health (OSH) implementation in the Informatio...
The Impact of Extreme Temperatures and Air Pollution on Labor Supply and Earnings: Evidence from Vietnam
This study examines the impact of extreme temperatures and air pollution on employment in Vietnam. While we do not find significant effects of extreme temperatures or air pollution on labor force part...
Impact of Meteorological Factors and Extreme Weather Events on PM2.5 Pollution in Vietnam
This study examines how meteorological factors and extreme weather influence PM2.5 pollution across six socio-economic regions in Vietnam from 2012 to 2020. Univariate and multivariate analyses, incl...
Payment for Forest Environmental Services and Household Energy Consumption Trajectory: The case of Lam Dong Pr...
This research examines the impact of the Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) program in Viet Nam on household income and its interaction with energy consumption behavior. A mixed-method a...
Reassessing the Role of Special Economic Zones in Africa
This study evaluates the role of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Africa using newly compiled datasets covering over 230 zones across 43 countries. It examines SEZ impacts on export diversification, t...
Assessing economic exposure to nature-related risks
The accelerated degradation of biodiversity exposes economic and financial activities to systemic risks comparable to those associated with climate change. We propose a method for assessing the socio-...
Coastal land subsidence in West Africa: an overlooked threat? The case of Lagos and the Volta Delta
Lagos and the Ghana’s Volta Delta face significant downward vertical land motion, a phenomenon called land subsidence, compounding sea-level rise. Several stressors drive subsidence rates of several m...
Changes in Temperature and Rainfall Extremes in Vietnam under Progressive Global Warming Levels from 1.5ºC t...
This study analyzes projected climate extremes in Vietnam using 33 statistically downscaled CMIP6 models across global warming levels (GWLs) from 1.5°C to 4°C. Results reveal significant regional chan...
A Guideline to Using Administrative Data
South Africa is undergoing the early stages of an energy transition away from coal. A planned transition requires social protection policy interventions to mitigate potential negative employment impac...
