We conducted a RCT to test whether updating nutrition information sets of parents along with nudges reduces excess body fat among primary schoolchildren in urban Vietnam. Parents of overweight or…

Abstract Climate change has been one of the factors inducing people to migrate internally. As a result of climate change risks, the temporal migration strategy has been employed as an insurance…

As conflict, climate shocks, and land/water degradation—the “triple challenge”—continue to exert increasing pressure upon fishing and farming livelihoods in many developing countries, a need exists to…

Tropical forests, irreplaceable for their role in supporting terrestrial biodiversity conservation, are extremely vulnerable to destruction and degradation.

Abstract Many developing countries are stimulating their firms to compete in world markets as part of the efforts to promote economic growth. This move is, however, driven by desirable performance…

Many macroeconomic variables undergo business cycle episodes (fluctuations), which makes the variables change dramatically. Hence, the causality between these variables could be hidden by the presence…

Abstract One reason carbon prices are difficult to implement is that they might impose high costs on poor and vulnerable households. In response, studies often highlight that recycling revenues…

Abstract While carbon pricing, in general, and carbon taxes, in particular, are popular with economists, they are subject to considerable misunderstanding among policymakers and the public. In this…

Abstract African power sectors are plagued with financial unsustainability, low rates of grid connection, and high consumer prices relative to other regions in the Global South. Reforms to electricity…

Abstract In low-income countries such as Ethiopia, pre-paid metering is often argued to alleviate several challenges with traditional electricity billing systems, including high non-payment rate…