We investigate donor-beneficiary relationships in participatory development programs, where (i) communities are heterogeneous and dominated by the local elite, (ii) the elite strategically propose a project to the donor, knowing that the latter has imperfect knowledge of the needs of the target...

This article presents a mathematical model to support the decision making process related to the planning of capacity and operation of hybrid electrical energy systems. The model was developed considering case studies of small villages, in rural areas in Angola. Depending of the local...

According to the White House, the upcoming U.S.-Africa Summit in Washington “will highlight America's commitment to Africa's security, its democratic development, and its people.” In just one day, on August 6, 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama will be meeting 50 African leaders to discuss a...

I focus on two alternative concepts of sustainability dominating the literature: (i) maximum permanently maintainable consumption level (Fisherian income) and (ii) the amount of consumption that leaves total value of wealth intact (Hicksian income). In the context of a pure exhaustible resource...

Sustainability is an important, influential but elusive concept. I review concepts related to sustainability in earlier literature, and then summarize and synthesize recent work on sustainablity by Chichilnisky (1993), Beltratti, Chichilnisky and Heal (1994) and Heal (1993). This provides a...

Modern urban regions are highly complex entities. Despite the difficulty of modeling every relevant aspect of an urban region, researchers have produced a rich variety of models dealing with interrelated processes of urban change. The most popular types of models have been those dealing with the...

Individuals’ inability to coordinate investment may significantly constrain economic development. In this paper we study a simple investment game characterized by multiple equilibria and ask whether an income-based incentive scheme can uniquely implement the high investment outcome. A general...

This paper describes the completion of a 'comprehensive study of regionalism' that was conducted by a joint team of economists and economic development specialists for the Economic Development Administration (EDA). The project consisted of two main activities: an examination of the factors...