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Improving payment for essential services – A field experiment in Nairobi, Kenya

Submitted by Meseret Birhan… on Fri, 2024-11-22 10:04

EfD Authors:

Abstract: Utilities across the global require stable revenue streams to provide customers access to high quality energy, water, sanitation, and other essential services. This requires policy makers to set prices to cover costs, promote the efficient use of resources, and ensure services are affordable. It also requires that customers pay their bills. Historically, utilities have used disconnections, or the threat of disconnection, to compel customers to pay their bills on time.

EfD Discussion Paper

Experiments, Water

Food consumption and adaptation to climate change

This study examines how climate change affects food consumption patterns in Ghana, especially for farm and non-farm households. By using panel and meteorological data, the project investigates the

Thu, 2024-11-14 12:09 | Climate Change | Ghana

Asmare, Fissha

Climate Change and Agricultural Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Regional Market Integration

While African countries have developed climate change and trade policies based on national interests, the cross-border nature of climate change necessitates regional cooperation and coordinated

Mon, 2024-11-11 12:22 | Climate Change, Policy Design | Uganda

The Role of Information and Credit Constraints in Household Demand for Second-Hand Electrical Appliances: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Ghana

Many low-income households in developing countries spend a sizeable proportion of their income on energy largely due to the use of secondhand electrical appliances which are energy inefficient. This

Mon, 2024-11-11 12:12 | Air Quality, Climate Change, Energy, Experiments | Ghana

Households’ Energy Conservation Behaviour, Tariff Reform, and Energy Poverty in Addis Ababa

Before 2018, the electricity tariff in Ethiopia was one of the lowest in the world contributing to low revenues for power suppliers and a reduction in the quality of electricity services provided to

Mon, 2024-11-11 11:56 | Energy, Experiments, Policy Design, Urban | Ethiopia

Consumers are willing to pay more for HAB-free mussels

Submitted by Meseret Birhan… on Wed, 2024-11-06 13:13

EfD Authors:

Nie, Zihan

Jiang, Yueting

Jaime Torres, Mónica Marcela

Salazar, César

Thong, Ho Quoc

Key Messages
●   Consumers may avoid consuming mussels if they perceive a high risk of HAB contamination, even under government monitoring.
●   HABs have significant welfare losses for consumers, but policies to ensure food safety in seafood markets can improve social welfare.
●   Perceptions about HABs and mussel attributes play a role in explaining consumer preferences, but the link varies across contexts.

Research Brief

Agriculture, Biodiversity, Fisheries