Environment and Climate Change

The Economic Value of Improved Electricity Reliability

This project assesses medium-term economic impacts of improved electricity reliability by leveraging persistent discontinuities in electricity reliability across nearby areas in Kenya that are serviced by different feeder lines.

Research Project
28 Oct 2024

Blackouts and green energy adoption: Evidence from Kenya

This project employs a randomised controlled trial and the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism to examine the impact of a solar light subsidy on small firm owners' firm and household outcomes with different exposure to blackout risks in Nakuru, Kenya.

Research Project
28 Oct 2024

The Hidden Barriers to Rural Electrification: Evidence from Togo

This project analyses data from two major policy events that occurred in Togo in 2019: the scattered rollout of a subsidy program for solar home systems and a sudden expansion of mobile money agents.

Research Project
28 Oct 2024

Working with Firms and Smallholder Farmers in India to Increase Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture

This project assesses the impact of in-situ rice straw incorporation using a rotavator on improving soil health, specifically through enhanced soil organic carbon (SOC) levels. Smallholder farmers in Odisha, India, heavily rely on kharif-season (rainfed) paddy cultivation. This intervention evaluates how straw incorporation into the soil after harvest can improve soil health and enhance carbon sequestration over multiple growing seasons. 

Research Project
28 Oct 2024

Productivity Co-benefits of Energy-saving Technology

This is a randomised controlled trial testing whether providing information and research findings about the benefits of adopting environmentally-friendly technology can lead to increased adoption rates among MSMEs in India.

Research Project
28 Oct 2024

Domestic Fuel Choice, Scarcity and Agriculture Labour Supply in Rural Ethiopia

Rural households in Ethiopia mainly depend on agriculture for their livelihood and most commonly use traditional biomass as their primary domestic energy source.

Working Paper
8 Oct 2024

Cattle Supply Chain Fidelity in the Brazilian Amazon: Key Considerations for Deforestation Monitoring

Supply chain governance (SCG) is an increasingly important approach to man- age environmental protection and human rights in agricultural systems across the tropics. SCG helps relay the preferences of international consumers to producers and fills environmental policy gaps.

Journal Article
1 Oct 2024

Firm Adaptation in Production Networks: Evidence from Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan

This paper considers how far private adaptation may reduce future vulnerability to climate risks. Using data on monthly firm-to-firm transactions from Pakistan, we find that flood-affected firms are more likely to relocate to safer ground, and shift purchases towards suppliers in less f

Working Paper
6 Sep 2024

How Do Production Networks Adapt to Extreme Weather Events?

This paper considers how far private adaptation may reduce future vulnerability to flood risk.

Research Note
6 Sep 2024

Extinguishing the Blaze: Impact of Crop Residue Management on Stubble Burning in India

Air pollution is a major health concern in many Indian cities exposing millions of people to extremely toxic air. Stubble burning is a major contributor to air pollution in northern parts of India, where it accounts for up to 40% of air pollution [SAFAR, 2019]. After conducting a pilot randomised controlled trial in August 2022 with 205 farmers, researchers finds that providing information and bio-decomposers to farmers reduced burning by 29% in comparison to control group farmers.

Research Project
31 Jul 2024

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