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We pair a county-level panel of annual agricultural production with daily weather outcomes to measure the effects of temperature fluctuations on total agricultural output value of farming, forestry…
12 June 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaTo expand and maintain water supply infrastructure in rural regions of developing countries, planners and policymakers need better information on the preferences of households who might use the…
12 June 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | KenyaThe completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will usher in a new era of complexity in both water management and politics in the Nile Basin. The outcomes that will aterialize for…
31 May 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | EthiopiaA key strategy for adapting to changing water availability and rapid urbanization is a move towards full cost recovery tariffs for water and sanitation services. Because these services are…
13 March 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper |Automobiles are a major contributor to pervasive urban air quality problems. Partly to reduce these air quality problems, China has invested heavily in urban subway systems. This paper provides the…
8 March 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaWe use behavioural insights to design nudges, leveraging social comparison and assignment of responsibility, aimed at reducing electricity consumption in a large provincial government office building…
28 January 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaThe shale gas boom in the United States has been reforming the world energy market. The supply response of shale gas to productivity shocks and relative price changes, however, has not been adequately…
24 January 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaThe seminal studies by Allcott and Mullainathan (2010), Allcott (2011), and Allcott and Rogers (2014) show that social comparison-based home energy reports (HER) are a cost-effective climate policy…
24 January 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper |Since the beginning of the decade, climate resilient green economy strategies have been proposed in many African countries. One of the pillars of the strategies is the adoption and diffusion of…
15 January 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | EthiopiaHaving a reliable supply of electricity is essential for the operation of any firm. In most developing countries, however, electricity supply is highly unreliable. In this study, we estimate the cost…
15 January 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | Sweden, Ethiopia