Energy & Environment
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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
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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’
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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Building resilience to natural disasters
How does the World Bank support countries hit by natural disasters?
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The welfare effect of inducing persistent changes in behaviours
The welfare effect of policies aimed at changing behaviours persistently may be larger than usually measured because of 'hysteresis'
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Productivity and energy-saving technology
Factories using energy-efficient lighting reduce ambient temperature on the factory floor by 2.5 degrees Celsius, causing a massive improvement in...