Lykke E. Andersen

Executive Director of SDSN Bolivia; Director of Research at INESAD; Fellow of the Bolivian Academy of Economic Sciences. Opinions are my own, though.

[SEBOL @SEBOLBolivia]

Call for Papers! 📢
The 16th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics (BCDE16) is happening on July 30–August 1, 2025, at @UpbBolivia, Santa Cruz!
Keynotes: Conchita D’Ambrosio (U. Luxembourg) & @EmanuelOrnelas_ (FGV EESP)
Deadline: May 26, 2025
More: https://t.co/kiRnPq937J

[Gonzalo Chavez Alvarez @GonzaloCHavezA]

En el litio se requieren de miles de millones de dólares de inversión y se esperan resultados mediano y largo plazo, en cambio el turismo podría traer $US 3000 millones en el corto plazo, simplemente retirando restricciones al sector y con muy poca inversión. #turismo3000

[SEBOL @SEBOLBolivia]

#BCDE2024

Only 10 days left to submit your paper for the 15th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics! The conference will take place on November 7-8 in Tarija, Bolivia.

Submit your paper here: https://t.co/Ezi1b1V26f

#EconTwitter #Conference #Economics

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

@vinosity Brilliant! No wonder it sold out so quickly! I would have loved one of these bottles :-)

[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

Soon we won't be able to use nightlights as a proxy for economic growth.

Why?

It's due to limitations of its spectral bands.

Here's the breakdown in simple terms:

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

@pdavies5 @sdsnbolivia @numbers4nature @MalkyHarb A large share of forestry concessions in Bolivia is within indigenous territories. The problem is that they have no access to financing, so they tend to sell the wood at low prices to private wood processing companies. However, these also have very limited access to financing.

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

Amazingly, Forestry Concessions in Bolivia experience lower rates of forest loss than Protected Areas.
In this blog post, we argue that expanding forestry concessions may actually be the best way of protecting the forest in Bolivia: https://t.co/crECXEn7A2

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

@Chullunka I don't think the article says that. We should expand forestry concessions in "other areas" rather than "protected areas".

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

@jedavalosc @sdsnbolivia @numbers4nature @MalkyHarb I don't have similar information for other countries, but since Bolivia has one of the highest levels of deforestation in the world, it is quite possible that it is underperforming under both regimes.

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

Looking forward to this conference in Munich next year! Submit a paper if you would like to join us!

[ifo Institut @ifo_Institut]

🔊Call for Papers: ifo Conference on Understanding Socio-Economic Inequalities with Novel Data and Methods #Workshop 22-23 February 2024 in #Munich. Submissions deadline: 6 October 2023
Keynote speakers: @fhgferreira @ConchDAmbrosio @BettencourtLuis
https://t.co/W8tZVnL1tb

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Flowers and Trees is a silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Burt Gillett, and released by United Artists in 1932. It would later win the Academy Award for Best Cartoon Short Subject. https://t.co/glyA4WzQqN

[SDSNBolivia @sdsnbolivia]

⚠️La importancia de derechos de propiedad rural para la deforestación en Bolivia ⚠️
Accede a nuestra nueva publicación 👉https://t.co/UR4J5mL6Uu
#Bolivia #ODS #ODS15

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

Protected Areas (PAs) with people provide better protection against deforestation than PAs without people. Read more about the relationship between deforestation and property rights in Bolivia here: https://t.co/ym48W7yisv

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

@CharlsZapata @sdsnbolivia @emboliviasueci1 @numbers4nature Hola @CharlsZapata: Los $1310 millones serían para 6 años, dado que los porcentajes de deforestación fueron calculados para un periodo de 6 años (2016-2021).

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

Bolivia experienced alarming rates of deforestation during the 2016-2021 period. Even within Protected Areas, more than half a million hectares of forest were lost. This map shows the 25 PAs with the highest forest loss during 2016-2021. Solutions here: https://t.co/JAfDGahOh4

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

Useful exercise to get things into perspective:

UPB emissions: 3105 tCO2.
Emissions reductions from campus solar panels: 39 tCO2.
Absorption by campus trees: 8 tCO2.

Emissions from deforestation in Bolivia: ~100.000.000 tCO2.

Conclusion: Focus on preventing deforestation.

[SDSNBolivia @sdsnbolivia]

Los invitamos a leer el 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 - 𝗨𝗣𝗕.
Trabajo realizando para la @UpbBolivia
Leer el 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲 👉https://t.co/QtInsLue1j
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#NetZero #netzerofuture #Bolivia

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

@Ajayu1825 @sdsnbolivia @emboliviasueci1 @numbers4nature National and Departmental PAs provide some degree of real protection, whereas Municipal PAs seem to be in name only (judging by the deforestation rates in the different categories).

[SEBOL @SEBOLBolivia]

#BCDE14 We are pleased to announce that Universidad Católica Boliviana (@UCBLaPaz) will host the 14th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics.
Monica Capra and Claudio Ferraz will be our keynote speakers.
The Call for Papers is open until June 30:
https://t.co/aPlxytt7nQ

[Lykke E. Andersen @lykkeeandersen]

The 14th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics (BCDE2023) is now open for submissions. For details, please visit the conference website: https://t.co/6Vn6B10S2N

[SDSNBolivia @sdsnbolivia]

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