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The climate crisis meets the ECB: tinkering around the edges or paradigm shift? (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Dafermos, Y. The climate crisis meets the ECB: tinkering around the edges or paradigm shift?. London

The European Central Bank (ECB) has recently incorporated climate considerations into its operations. In this paper, I assess whether the ECB’s approach is consistent with the challenges of the climate crisis era. I first identify three transformativ... Read More about The climate crisis meets the ECB: tinkering around the edges or paradigm shift?.

On the accommodation of the ecological question in the Sraffian tradition (2024)
Book Chapter
Dwarkasing, C. (2024). On the accommodation of the ecological question in the Sraffian tradition. In V. E. Schincariol (Ed.), Environment and Ecology in the History of Economic Thought Reassessing the Legacy of the Classics (49-66). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003375425-4

The Physiocrats and, in particular, Francois Quesnay’s tableau économique are often designated as common sources of influence for the classical economist Pierro Sraffa and Ecological Economics. This is particularly apparent in earlier contributions i... Read More about On the accommodation of the ecological question in the Sraffian tradition.

The Lifespan Disparity Dataset: An open repository on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950–2021) (2024)
Journal Article
Jordá, V., Niño-Zarazúa, M., & Tejería-Martínez, M. (2024). The Lifespan Disparity Dataset: An open repository on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950–2021). Scientific Data, 11(650), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03426-6

Monitoring health is key for identifying priorities in public health planning and improving healthcare services. Life expectancy has conventionally been regarded as a valuable indicator to compare the health status of different populations. However,... Read More about The Lifespan Disparity Dataset: An open repository on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950–2021).

How to overcome rent seeking in Tanzania’s skills sector? Exploring feasible reforms through discrete choice experiments (2024)
Journal Article
Andreoni, A., Sophie, V. H., Lucas, K., & Cornel, J. (2024). How to overcome rent seeking in Tanzania’s skills sector? Exploring feasible reforms through discrete choice experiments. World Development, 182, Article 106705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106705

Skills gaps and mismatches are widely documented as a hindrance to inclusive structural transformation across developing countries, especially in Africa. What is often overlooked, however, is the fact that skills development is a complex political ec... Read More about How to overcome rent seeking in Tanzania’s skills sector? Exploring feasible reforms through discrete choice experiments.

Green Investment Banks: Unleashing The Potential of National Development Banks to Finance a Green and Just Transition (2024)
Report
Volz, U., & Lee, J. (2024). Green Investment Banks: Unleashing The Potential of National Development Banks to Finance a Green and Just Transition

This publication explores how green investment banks to can help finance a green and just transition, making a case for strengthening their role and showing how international development finance institutions can help unleash their potential. It is cr... Read More about Green Investment Banks: Unleashing The Potential of National Development Banks to Finance a Green and Just Transition.