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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 | EthiopiaA Contingent Valuation Approach to Estimating Regulatory Costs: Mexico's Day Without Driving Program
Little is known about the cost of environmental regulations that target households instead of firms, partly because of significant methodological and data challenges. We use the contingent valuation…
13 August 2018 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Central AmericaA large body of literature estimates the effect of air pollution on health. However, most of these studies have focused on physical health, while the effect on mental health is limited. Using the…
15 June 2018 | Discussion Paper, Peer Reviewed | ChinaCoal has fueled China's rapid growth in recent decades, but it also severely pollutes the air and causes many health issues. The magnitude of the health damage caused by air pollution depends on the…
25 May 2018 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaThis multi-country analysis studies the food security implications of natural pollinator populations in sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholder farmers rely on wild pollinators in the absence of…
5 April 2018 | EfD Discussion Paper | TanzaniaMany studies on the link between climate variability and infectious diseases are based on biophysical experiments, do not account for socio-economic factors and with little focus on developed…
18 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Global HubThis study examines the primary determinants of self-medications among urban citizens in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam using survey data. Employing logistic models, the article finds that the probability…
1 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | VietnamThe intense debate on the effectiveness of the war on drugs contrasts with the scarce quantitative evidence on its impacts on drug cultivation decisions by individual producers. Using panel data from…
8 June 2018 | Peer Reviewed | ColombiaChronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that affects deer, elk and other cervid wildlife species. Although there is no known link between the consumption of CWD affected meat and human health…
31 May 2018 | Discussion Paper |Background: Socioeconomic status can affect health in childhood through many different pathways. Evidence on how households differ with regard to socioeconomic status and the degree to which this…
11 September 2017 | Peer Reviewed | Tanzania