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Abstract Environmentally friendly alternatives are touted as a key component of a transition towards lowering the impact of human activity on the environment. The environmental costs of these…
23 June 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaAbstract The government of Ethiopia has extensively adopted participatory forest management (PFM) programs. However, there is very little empirical evidence on whether PFM practices in Ethiopia…
23 June 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | EthiopiaAbstract In this paper, we investigate the impact of electricity on household food consumption and the nutritional status of children under the age of five, with attention to female-headed households…
23 June 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | EthiopiaAbstract With a unique opportunity of recruiting hundreds of emissions trading system (ETS) participants in a series of lab-in-the-field experiments, we compare a revenue-neutral consignment auction…
23 June 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaAbstract Soil erosion is one of the most devastating issues that farmers face in Nigeria and in many rural communities in the Global South. Studies on factors that affect soil conservation may…
18 May 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | NigeriaAbstract Payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs is proliferating globally but not always with significant impact. Unlike protected areas (PAs), PES compensates suppliers of eco-services…
10 May 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | Colombia
This study shows that access to grid connectivity increases the number of work hours, female employment, household expenditure, and certain educational outcomes.
20 April 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | UgandaAbstract We study distributional preferences in adolescent peer networks. Using incentivized choices between allocations for themselves and a passive agent, children are classified into efficiency…
30 March 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | Sweden, Global Hub
Access to grid electricity helps rural households start non-agricultural businesses.
23 March 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | Ethiopia
This study shows that households, where partners make decisions together, adopt more climate-smart strategies, have a higher yield, and have better household outcomes, compared to households with one...
1 March 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | South Africa, Tanzania