poverty Archives

The cost-of-living crisis: accelerating or delaying a green transition?

Perspective / This perspective examines the implications of the global cost-of-living crisis and whether surging prices will speed up or delay a green energy transition.

20 December 2022 / About Business, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Household energy, Innovation, Public policy, Renewables and Supply chains

A bench and play equipment are inundated with water amid flooding at a public park in Pakistan.

Op-ed: What’s next for Loss and Damage? Three principles for helping those most in need

Media coverage / COP27's establishment of a Loss and Damage fund is a crucial victory. Now it must prioritize the most vulnerable communities, SEI researchers say.

13 December 2022 / About Geopolitics and Public policy

Stakeholders met in Kenya in 2020 for the third National Working Group Consultation, which feeds into the Eastern Africa bioeconomy strategy.

New strategy to kickstart the bioeconomy in East Africa

Feature / SEI played a leading role in a partnership to develop a Regional Bioeconomy Strategy for East Africa, the first of its kind for the continent.

6 December 2022 / About Bioeconomy, Energy access, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests, Household energy, Innovation and Renewables

SEI Asia Centre Director Niall O’Connor greets Dr Phet Phomphiphak, Minister with the Lao PDR Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

A new and sustainable path for agriculture in Lao PDR

Feature / SEI Asia partnered with the FAO and the Government of Lao PDR to deliver a policy framework for Green and Sustainable Agriculture for its development strategy.

6 December 2022 / About Food and agriculture, Forests, Geopolitics and Public policy

SEI and SweDev dialogue on human rights, citizenship and good governance in Africa

Past event / Experts from the Nordic Africa Institute will give a keynote about human rights, citizenship and governance during this dialogue on development research.

29 November 2022 / About Sustainable Development Goals

Canyon and river beneath a blue sky outside Tupiza, Bolivia

Connecting water access with multidimensional poverty: the case of Tupiza River Basin in Bolivia

Journal article / This study analyses water access and poverty linkages in Bolivia's Tupiza River Basin.

30 August 2022 / About Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

APSA 2022: Reimagining development futures in the age of the anthropocene and the climate crisis

Past event / This event brings together multiple disciplinary academics and researchers, international and national civil society to discuss reimagining development futures.

28 October 2022 / About Cities, Climate policy, Public policy, Water resources and Wellbeing

Regional forum: air pollution and the world of work for women and youth in East and Southeast Asia

Past event / This regional event will be the culmination of a two-year regional project focusing on the impact of air pollution on the world of work for women and youth.

26 October 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Participation, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing

Intersectionality and air pollution in the world of work

SEI podcast / In this episode we explore how different worker groups are disproportionately exposed to and impacted by air pollution.

25 October 2022 / Indoor air quality / Behaviour and choice, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing