Workshop on environmental and natural resource economics

The South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) is an initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) under the regional programme on Mountain Knowledge and Action Networks (MKAN). SANDEE is a research capacity-building network that supports South Asian researchers and institutions interested in the connections between economic development, the environment, and the use of natural resources.

SANDEE, Yangon University of Economics (YUE), Duke University (DU) and Innovations for Poverty Actions (IPA) Myanmar are jointly organizing an online workshop on Environmental Economcis. Over 20 faculty members from different universities across Myanmar and some researchers from the government and think tanks will participate in this hands-on workshop. The resource persons are from Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Singapore, and USA, while all the participants are from Myanmar.

The workshop will provide practical training on theoretical aspects as well as techniques for conducting empirical research in economics in general and environmental economics in particular.