Browsing Working papers by Author "Akpalu, Wisdom"
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Bio-economics of Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Developing Countries
Akpalu, Wisdom; Ekbom, Anders (2010-02-15)Improvement in soil carbon through conservation agriculture in developing countries may generate some private benefits to farmers as well as sequester carbon emissions, which is a positive externality to society. Leaving ... -
Bioeconomic model of spatial fishery management in developing countries
Akpalu, Wisdom; Vondolia, Godwin K. (2010-02)Fishers in developing countries do not have the resources to acquire advanced technologies to exploit offshore fish stocks. As a result, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea requires countries to sign ... -
Enforcement of Exogenous Environmental Regulations, Social Disapproval, and Bribery
Akpalu, Wisdom; Eggert, Håkan; Vondolia, Godwin K. (2009-11-30)Many resource users are not directly involved in the formulation and enforcement of resource management rules and regulations in developing countries. As a result, resource users do not generally accept such rules. Enforcement ... -
Natural Resource use Conflict: Gold Mining in Tropical Rainforest in Ghana
Parks, Peter J.; Akpalu, Wisdom (2005)Gold is frequently mined in rainforests that can provide either gold or forest benefits, but not both. This conflict in resource use occurs in Ghana, a developing country in the tropics where the capital needed for mining ...