In harm’s way? Climate change and road investment in Vietnam Coastal favouritism in infrastructure investment has significant potential welfare costs in the context of projected rising sea levels Energy & Environment Clare Balboni Published 23.09.19
Charging ahead: Prepaid metering, electricity use, and utility revenue Prepaid electricity meters are changing how residential customers pay for power across the developing world Energy & Environment Kelsey Jack Grant Smith Published 02.08.19
Electricity grid expansion and firm turnover in Indonesia Electrification generates industrial development by attracting entrants through lowering barriers to entry, and thus increasing competition Energy & Environment Dana Kassem Published 31.07.19
Can electricity access help solve poverty in Kenya? Ensuring sufficient investment to establish reliable access to comprehensive basic services, beyond electricity, is needed for impacts to be achieved Energy & Environment Kenneth Lee Edward Miguel Catherine Wolfram Published 29.07.19
How does access to electricity affect people’s lives? Free electricity connections in rural South African households changed home production technologies and induced more women to work in the market Energy & Environment Taryn Dinkelman Published 26.07.19
Can climate change make us antisocial? How is global warming likely to impact our behaviour and how we interact with one another? Energy & Environment Edward Miguel Published 24.04.19
How air pollution can impact mental health in China Bringing down air pollution in China could improve mental health as evidence shows a causal effect of pollutants on depressive symptoms Energy & Environment Shuai Chen Paulina Oliva Peng Zhang Published 22.04.19
Lessons from our polluted past Data from 19th century Britain highlight the significant effect of air pollution on the infant mortality rate and the ‘urban mortality penalty’ Energy & Environment Brian Beach Walker Hanlon Published 17.04.19
Curbing leakage in public programmes: Evidence from India’s Direct Benefit Transfer Policy for LPG subsidies Transferring subsidies directly to the programme beneficiaries in in-kind transfer programmes can help in reducing leakages Energy & Environment Prabhat Barnwal Published 12.04.19
