How economic development influences the environment
S Jayachandran - Annual Review of Economics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Reducing global poverty and addressing climate change and other environmental crises are
among the most important challenges facing humanity today. This review discusses one way …
among the most important challenges facing humanity today. This review discusses one way …
Interventions promoting uptake of water, sanitation and hygiene (wash) technologies in low‐and middle‐income countries: an evidence and gap map of effectiveness …
H Chirgwin, S Cairncross, D Zehra… - Campbell Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lack of access to and use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cause 1.6
million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like …
million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like …
Measuring the equilibrium impacts of credit: Evidence from the Indian microfinance crisis
In October 2010, the state government of Andhra Pradesh, India, issued an emergency
ordinance, bringing microfinance activities in the state to a complete halt and causing a …
ordinance, bringing microfinance activities in the state to a complete halt and causing a …
Eliciting and utilizing willingness to pay: Evidence from field trials in Northern Ghana
We use the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) mechanism to estimate willingness to pay
(WTP) for and heterogeneous impacts of clean water technology through a field experiment …
(WTP) for and heterogeneous impacts of clean water technology through a field experiment …
The economics of energy efficiency in developing countries
M Fowlie, R Meeks - Review of Environmental Economics …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Almost all of the world's energy demand growth is projected to occur in low-and medium-
income countries (LMICs). Targeted energy efficiency investments have the potential to …
income countries (LMICs). Targeted energy efficiency investments have the potential to …
Demand for off-grid solar electricity: Experimental evidence from Rwanda
High hopes are pinned on market-based dissemination of off-grid technologies to
complement expensive grid extension in providing electricity to the nearly 1 billion …
complement expensive grid extension in providing electricity to the nearly 1 billion …
Sanitation and property tax compliance: Analyzing the social contract in Brazil
This paper investigates the role that sanitation plays in upholding the social contract,
whereby citizens pay taxes in exchange for governments providing goods and services. We …
whereby citizens pay taxes in exchange for governments providing goods and services. We …
[HTML][HTML] Testing willingness to pay elicitation mechanisms in the field: Evidence from Uganda
Researchers frequently use variants of the Becker–DeGroot–Marschak (BDM) mechanism to
elicit willingness to pay (WTP). These variants involve numerous incentive-irrelevant design …
elicit willingness to pay (WTP). These variants involve numerous incentive-irrelevant design …
[HTML][HTML] Sanitation and child health in India
B Augsburg, PA Rodríguez-Lesmes - World Development, 2018 - Elsevier
Our study contributes to the understanding of key drivers of stunted growth, a factor widely
recognized as major impediment to human capital development. Specifically, we examine …
recognized as major impediment to human capital development. Specifically, we examine …