How is global warming likely to impact our behaviour and how we interact with one another?

Bringing down air pollution in China could improve mental health as evidence shows a causal effect of pollutants on depressive symptoms

Data from 19th century Britain highlight the significant effect of air pollution on the infant mortality rate and the ‘urban mortality penalty’

Transferring subsidies directly to the programme beneficiaries in in-kind transfer programmes can help in reducing leakages

Kenya's work connecting rural communities to the national electricity grid allows us to examine the impact of electrification on people's...

Despite limited data, there is evidence that high heat and humidity in the first month of life results in increased mortality in developing countries

The risk of irreversible change raises the value of maintaining the Amazon forest cover and leads to coordination problems among Amazon countries

How does the World Bank support countries hit by natural disasters?

The welfare effect of policies aimed at changing behaviours persistently may be larger than usually measured because of 'hysteresis'