How does access to electricity affect people’s lives? Free electricity connections in rural South African households changed home production technologies and induced more women to work in the market Energy & Environment Taryn Dinkelman Published 26.07.19
Can climate change make us antisocial? How is global warming likely to impact our behaviour and how we interact with one another? Energy & Environment Edward Miguel Published 24.04.19
How air pollution can impact mental health in China Bringing down air pollution in China could improve mental health as evidence shows a causal effect of pollutants on depressive symptoms Energy & Environment Shuai Chen Paulina Oliva Peng Zhang Published 22.04.19
Lessons from our polluted past Data from 19th century Britain highlight the significant effect of air pollution on the infant mortality rate and the ‘urban mortality penalty’ Energy & Environment Brian Beach Walker Hanlon Published 17.04.19
Curbing leakage in public programmes: Evidence from India’s Direct Benefit Transfer Policy for LPG subsidies Transferring subsidies directly to the programme beneficiaries in in-kind transfer programmes can help in reducing leakages Energy & Environment Prabhat Barnwal Published 12.04.19
The limits of rural electrification Kenya's work connecting rural communities to the national electricity grid allows us to examine the impact of electrification on people's lives Energy & Environment Kenneth Lee Edward Miguel Catherine Wolfram Published 18.01.19
Climate change and infant mortality Despite limited data, there is evidence that high heat and humidity in the first month of life results in increased mortality in developing countries Energy & Environment Michael Geruso Dean Spears Published 14.12.18
The Amazon forest and the social cost of deforestation The risk of irreversible change raises the value of maintaining the Amazon forest cover and leads to coordination problems among Amazon countries Energy & Environment Sergio Franklin Robert S. Pindyck Published 09.11.18
Building resilience to natural disasters How does the World Bank support countries hit by natural disasters? Energy & Environment Manuela Ferro Published 17.10.18
