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SANDEE
SANDEE provides research support to researchers and institutions from South Asia and the HKH region interested in the inter-connection among development, natural resource use, and the environment.
CALL FOR RESEARCH CONCEPT NOTES 2025
SANDEE invites concept notes in the areas of environmental and resource economics relating to the development of South Asia and the HKH region.
Research grants are provided for conducting research on topics related to economics and the environment in South Asia and the HKH region. Multi-disciplinary projects with a robust economic focus are encouraged. Cross-border collaborations and trans-boundary projects are prioritized. Currently, SANDEE’s research activities focus on three prioritized research themes:
Ecosystems provide a variety of provisioning, regulating, supporting and cultural services. With human activities, some of these services are being lost at an accelerating rate. Changes in ecosystems have short-run as well as long-run implications for livelihoods and the health of natural systems. Research on ecosystems management will focus on:
| SANDEE publication and projects |
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| Non-timber forest products extraction under different forestry institutions in Bangladesh, Md. B. Uddin, Bangladesh |
| Mapping and designing payments for ecosystem services in Punkha, O. Kattel, Bhutan |
| An ecological and economic analysis of forest management institutions in Bangladesh, Md. B. Uddin, Bangladesh |
| Soil conservation benefits of Upper Mahaweli watershed in Sri Lanka, EPN Udaykumara, Sri Lanka |
With climate change, South Asia is expected to face more variation in temperature and precipitation, more extreme weather events, and sea level rise over time. These changes are affecting millions of poor people in South Asian countries. Research on economics of climate change will focus on:
| Useful related external resources |
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| IPCC, Fifth Assessment Report |
| Climate change economics |
| Climate change Adaptation |
| ELDIS for information, data and more |
| SANDEE publication and projects |
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| Acquisition of technological capabilities through the clean development mechanism, A. Aggarwal, India |
| Adoption of biogas as an alternative energy source in Pakistani Punjab, W. Akram, Pakistan |
| Does urban greenery reduce the cost of cooling homes?, M. Borthakur, India |
| Sustainability of electrification projects in India’s villages where grid-extension is in-feasible, H. Nathan, India |
| Distributional impacts of climate change on smallholder agriculture in Sri Lanka, J. Edirisinghe, Sri Lanka |
Governments and other organizations in South Asia put forward a variety of regulations and policies to manage local to global environmental problems. There is a need to examine alternate policy options and to evaluate their impacts in order to ensure that we are on a sustainable path. Under this theme, research will focus on:
| Useful related external resources |
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| Green growth and sustainable development |
| Smart cities |
| Greening enterprises |
| CoLab at MIT |
| SANDEE publication and projects |
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| Compliance in pollution management: A case study on the textile industry of Bangladesh, G. M. Khondaker, Bangladesh |
| Environmental management practices in post-conflict tourism in Sri Lanka, K. Wickramasinghe, Sri Lanka |
| Why the plastic bag ban decision works in one municipality and does not in another?, B. Bhardwaj, Nepal |
| Environmental regulations and their compliance in textile processing sector of Pakistan, G. Samad., Pakistan |
