Rural electrification: How much does Sub-Saharan Africa need the grid?
Taken from the Let's talk Development Blog of the World Bank:
http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/rural-electrification-how-mu…
Awarding Indigenous Communities Land Titles Reduces Tropical Forest Damage
All over the world, indigenous communities tend to be marginalized both politically and economically. So awarding them formal legal rights to the forests they have historically controlled, often for hundreds of years, is probably a good idea from the standpoint of social justice and economic development.
Lighting up rural Africa: How much do the poor value electricity and can they afford paying for it?
A field experiment conducted in rural Rwanda evaluates the revealed willingness to pay for different off-grid solar technologies
Luciane Lenz and Jörg Peters
The authors are researchers at RWI – Leibniz-Institute for Economic Research, and part of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI) network.
Lighting up rural Africa: How much do the poor value electricity and can they afford paying for it?
A field experiment conducted in rural Rwanda evaluates the revealed willingness to pay for different off-grid solar technologies
Transportation Policy Takes Front Seat in Combating Urban Air Pollution
Many of us have experienced the frustration of idling in long lines of traffic, inching forward at what seems like an interminable rate. Unfortunately, traffic congestion like this is a daily occurrence in many of the world’s fastest growing cities, such as Mexico City, Bangkok, Istanbul, and Rio de Janeiro.
The customer is always right? Household preferences and adoption of energy technologies
If you’re looking to replace your washing machine, have no fear: at least one major retailer stocks six different types of washers, with eight different sets of features, from nine different brands.
Do you like high-capacity front-loading washers? Perhaps you want your washer to also function as a dryer? Or a steamer? You’re covered!
Do households use improved cook stoves? What are the benefits? An Ethiopian case study
About 40% of the human population, or about 2.8 billion people, find commercial fuels like electricity and gas inaccessible, too expensive or too irregularly supplied to use for cooking and heating (Smith et al., 2013; IEA, 2012). Instead, they rely on solid fuels like coal, fuelwood, dung and charcoal that are combusted inside their homes.
Evaluating Fishery Catch Share Programs in a Developing Country Context
Kailin Kroetz, James N. Sanchirico, Julio Peña Torres, David Corderi Novoa
Are catch share programs effective for the management of fisheries in developing countries? Ongoing research on major management programs in Peru and Chile is investigating the extent to which an individual vessel quota (IVQ) program that allows for quota transfers through the formation of associations can generate economic benefits while also potentially taking into account some of the governance issues associated with establishing effective property right regimes in a developing country context.
Delhi’s Odd-Even Driving Policy: There Has Got to Be a Better Way
Why are economists, like lawyers and proctologists, universally loved and admired? One reason is our penchant for highlighting the perverse unintended consequences of public policies, particularly policies that ignore behavioral responses.