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Evaluating the Performance of Selected Reanalysis Datasets over Vietnam
Vietnam, a country highly exposed to extreme weather events, still struggles to fill in significant gaps in its historical meteorological records, limiting a comprehensive understanding of past climat...
Developing Historical Gridded Climate Datasets for Vietnam Using Reanalysis Data and Station Observations Sinc...
Accurate and high-resolution gridded climate data are crucial for scientific applications, yet such data have long faced limitations due to sparse and uneven station networks. In this study, we addres...
The Climate Archives of Indochina - And their contribution in understanding climate change in Vietnam and Sout...
This article presents a new historical climate database called Climate data rescue of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. It covers the period from 1867 to 1973. The oldest data were produced by military ho...
The transition wall: Assessing climate investment dynamics in vulnerable countries
Some developing economies are approaching what can be described as a “transition wall” – a situation in which they are highly vulnerable to climate change and nature loss, yet unable to mobilize the i...
Assessing CO2 Emissions from Deforestation and Fires in Bolivia Between 2010 and 2023
This study estimates net annual CO2 emissions from deforestation and fires in Bolivia from 2010 to 2023, considering both gross emissions and absorptions resulting from land clearing, land use change,...
Critical Mining Asset Control and Geoeconomic Fragmentation: What Is Left for Developing Countries?
The green economy offers major development potential through climate-focused goods, but access to critical minerals is essential. Developing countries are often limited to supplying raw materials and...
Simulating the Employment and Inequality Impacts of the Energy Transition in Mexico: An Input–Output Approach
This paper examines the distributive and labor market impacts of Mexico’s transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy using a multisector input–output model calibrated to the 2020 national accoun...
Assessing the Impact of the Monitoring, Follow-Up, and Control Strategy on Territorial Inequalities in Colombi...
This article analyzes the Monitoring, Tracking, and Control Strategy (EMSC) of Colombia's General System of Participations (SGP) as an instrument for reducing territorial gaps in key sectors such as e...
Extreme Heat in Urban Areas of Vietnam: A Systematic Review
This study provides a systematic review of scientific and grey literature, in both english and vietnamese, on extreme heat in Vietnam’s urban areas. It assesses the current state of knowledge on this...
Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use Change on Flood Flow in the Ca River Basin (Vietnam)
The Ca River Basin, one of the largest transboundary basins in Viet Nam, located in the North Central region, regularly faces large flood events causing great damage to people’s lives and livelihoods....
Sovereign Credit Ratings in Developing Countries Regional - Biases and Subjectivity Factors
Sovereign credit ratings play a critical role in the international financial system and have a tangible impact on countries’ fiscal, economic, and development trajectories. Nevertheless, the activity...
Gaps in Human Capital and Labor Demand in Oaxaca
This report examines the structural barriers that constrain the development of talent in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It proposes concrete strategies to translate the region's cultural, productive, an...
Inequality Matters: Can the GNU solve inequality in South Africa?
South Africa remains the most unequal society in the world, with persistent disparities rooted in the legacies of colonialism and apartheid. Despite three decades of democracy and redistributive polic...
Comparative analysis of biodiversity measurement approaches for public development banks
Biodiversity loss is a major global challenge, pushing public development banks (PDBs) to align with frameworks such as the GBF, TNFD, and CSRD. To support this, AFD and EBRD assessed six biodiversity...
Just Energy Transition, Structural Inequities, and Social Mobility: The Case of Mexico
Mexico’s energy transition unfolds in a context of deep structural inequalities and persistently low social mobility. While most households have electricity, large disparities remain in affordability,...
Institutional Implementation of In-Kind Subsidies for Distributed Generation: Multi-Level Governance and Poli...
This article develops an institutional implementation model for a public policy aimed at replacing traditional residential electricity subsidies with in-kind schemes through the delivery of solar phot...
Redesigning Electricity Subsidies for Distributed Generation in Mexico: A Fair Transition Model Applied to Nue...
Mexico is faced with a dual energy challenge: to move forward in a transition towards clean sources while meeting the immediate nearshoring demands, calling for a reliable electricity infrastructure....
Analysis of the Social Impacts and Vulnerabilities Linked to the Just Dimension of an Energy Transition in Mex...
Mexico’s just energy transition (JET) requires addressing both decarbonization and deep social inequalities. This study analyzes four high-impact measures: the retirement of fossil-fuel plants, the ex...
Ameliorating the Consequences of Coal Job Destruction - A Just Transition Policy Matrix Approach
Ensuring a just energy transition in South Africa requires supporting workers to absorb the negative shocks of structural change. Central to this is the design of a comprehensive social protection pac...
Beyond Redistribution: Market Power, Firm Structure, and the South African Labour Market
This paper examines how firm structure and market power shape inequality in South Africa. Moving beyond a narrow focus on fiscal redistribution, it introduces a pre-distribution lens that highlights t...
Data Analytics for a Just Transition. Distributional Impacts of Environmental Policies (Indonesia)
Indonesia’s commitment to the Paris Agreement has placed carbon pricing through taxes and emissions trading at the center of its climate policy. These instruments are designed to reduce greenhouse gas...
