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SANDEE provides research support to researchers and institutions from South Asia and the HKH region interested in the inter-connection among development, natural resource use, and the environment.

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CALL FOR RESEARCH CONCEPT NOTES

Economics of natural resource use and environmental change

SANDEE invites concept notes in the areas of environmental and resource economics relating to the development of South Asia and the HKH region.

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Deadline: 8 Jan 2024

Research grants

Research grants are provided for conducting research on topics related to economics and the environment in South Asia and the HKH region. Multi-disciplinary projects with a robust economic focus are encouraged. Cross-border collaborations and trans-boundary projects are prioritized. Currently, SANDEE’s research activities focus on three prioritized research themes:

 

Prioritized research area: Ecosystems management

Ecosystems provide a variety of provisioning, regulating, supporting and cultural services. With human activities, some of these services are being lost at an accelerating rate. Changes in ecosystems have short-run as well as long-run implications for livelihoods and the health of natural systems. Research on ecosystems management will focus on:

  • Understanding the implications of ecosystem changes for economic and social systems
  • Economic analysis of conserving ecosystems and their services by evaluating costs and benefits to different stakeholders, especially the poor
  • Examining different institutional arrangements to manage ecosystem services
SANDEE publication and projects
Non-timber forest products extraction under different forestry institutions in Bangladesh, Md. B. Uddin, Bangladesh
Mapping and designing payments for ecosystem services in Punkha, O. Kattel, Bhutan
An ecological and economic analysis of forest management institutions in Bangladesh, Md. B. Uddin, Bangladesh
Soil conservation benefits of Upper Mahaweli watershed in Sri Lanka, EPN Udaykumara, Sri Lanka

Prioritized research area: Economics of climate change

With climate change, South Asia is expected to face more variation in temperature and precipitation, more extreme weather events, and sea level rise over time. These changes are affecting millions of poor people in South Asian countries. Research on economics of climate change will focus on:

  • Evaluation of the impacts of climate change
  • Economic analysis of adaptation measures
  • Evaluation of the mitigation strategies, particularly those that offer local co-benefits
  • Examination of institutions and policies that need to be in place for low carbon growth and long-term adjustment to climate change
SANDEE publication and projects
Acquisition of technological capabilities through the clean development mechanism, A. Aggarwal, India
Adoption of biogas as an alternative energy source in Pakistani Punjab, W. Akram, Pakistan
Does urban greenery reduce the cost of cooling homes?, M. Borthakur, India
Sustainability of electrification projects in India’s villages where grid-extension is in-feasible, H. Nathan, India
Distributional impacts of climate change on smallholder agriculture in Sri Lanka, J. Edirisinghe, Sri Lanka

 

Prioritized research area: Policies and programs for greener development

Governments and other organizations in South Asia put forward a variety of regulations and policies to manage local to global environmental problems. There is a need to examine alternate policy options and to evaluate their impacts in order to ensure that we are on a sustainable path. Under this theme, research will focus on:

  • Program evaluation of the impacts of environmental policies, regulations, and programs
  • Assessment of the economic incentives associated with different regulatory and market mechanisms and their contribution to policy compliance

SANDEE publication and projects
Compliance in pollution management: A case study on the textile industry of Bangladesh, G. M. Khondaker, Bangladesh
Environmental management practices in post-conflict tourism in Sri Lanka, K. Wickramasinghe, Sri Lanka
Why the plastic bag ban decision works in one municipality and does not in another?, B. Bhardwaj, Nepal
Environmental regulations and their compliance in textile processing sector of Pakistan, G. Samad., Pakistan

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