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Abstract We use a field experiment to identify how differences in preferences and spousal influence result in low willingness to pay (WTP) for technologies that can benefit all household members. We…
17 February 2023 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaAbstract Addressing inequality is recognized as a worldwide development objective. The literature has primarily focused on examining economic or social inequality, but rarely on environmental…
20 February 2023 | Peer Reviewed | ColombiaAbstract A large body of literature in development economics has investigated the impact of improved agricultural technologies on productivity and the welfare of smallholder farmers. This paper…
8 February 2023 | EfD Discussion Paper | Ethiopia
Birth weight has three possible outcomes that include normal birth weight (NBW) (2500 – 3999grams), low birth weight (less than 2500 grams), and macrosomia (at least 4000 grams and beyond). Low birth...
12 January 2024 | Peer Reviewed | UgandaAbstract In cities around the world, COVID-19 lockdowns have significantly improved outdoor air quality. Even if only temporary, these improvements could have longer-lasting effects by making chronic…
27 January 2022 | Peer Reviewed | Colombia, Central AmericaThe UK Universal Credit (UC) welfare reform simplified the benefits system whilst strongly incentivising a return to sustainable employment. Exploiting a staggered roll-out, we estimate the…
30 December 2022 | Discussion Paper | VietnamWe 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…
29 December 2022 | Peer Reviewed | VietnamAbstract In this study, the effect of galena mining with respect to heavy metal pollution of groundwater, surface water, soil and sediments in Enyimagalagu and Mkpuma-Akpatakpa Communities in Ebonyi…
17 August 2022 | Peer Reviewed | Nigeria
Uganda is ranked 77th out of 95 countries in terms of under-nutrition prevalence. Under-nutrition is closely linked to 40% of all mortalities among children below 5 years of age. It is projected that...
12 January 2024 | Peer Reviewed | Uganda
Women’s time allocation is a dimension of women’s empowerment in agriculture, and is recognised as a pathway through which agriculture can affect child nutritional status in developing countries...
12 January 2024 | Peer Reviewed | Uganda