Researchers from the EfD centers of Central America, Chile, Ghana, and Kenya, will participate in the thematic session titled Water Economics and Policy in low-and-middle-income Countries on June 30…
This brief is based on results from the study Impact of energy access on food security and child nutrition: panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia, EfD Discussion Paper 22-11, June 2022, by Tagel Gebrehiwot and Sied Hassen.
The world faces a clear and present planetary health crisis, exemplified by the worsening air pollution (ambient & indoor) in S. Asia. Economists have entered this fray with better data, careful…
Abebe D. Beyene, a senior research fellow at ECRC, conducted a training workshop on the economic and social benefits of clean cooking stoves for media professionals. It was organized by the Ethiopian…
El abandono estatal en comunidades negras e indígenas los pone en especial riesgo durante la pandemia. Los mapas construidos revelan la enorme distancia que tienen a servicios de salud adecuados para casos graves y las cifras desnudan su vulnerabilidad social. Las políticas diferenciales para los pueblos étnicos en Colombia para el manejo de la pandemia son una necesidad urgente. Hospitales con servicio regional en las capitales departamentales y sistemas eficientes de ambulancias fluviales y aéreas para transportar pacientes graves de las comunidades rurales son necesarios.
60 researchers from EfD and partner organizations have been working intensely for a year and a half to develop a research agenda to support a low-carbon transition and gender equity in the Global…
This study is one of the first to present causal evidence of the morbidity costs of fine particulates (PM2.5) for all age cohorts in a developing country, using individual-level health spending data from a basic medical insurance program in Wuhan, China. Our instrumental variable (IV) approach uses thermal inversion to address potential endogeneity in PM2.5 concentrations and shows that PM2.5 imposes a significant impact on healthcare expenditures.