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on Environmental Economics |
| By: | Maksudjon Safarov; Jason James Smith |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Resources Development Energy-Energy Markets Energy-Energy and Environment Energy-Energy and Natural Resources Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Carbon Policy and Trading Environment-Climate Change Impacts Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41673 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Natural Disasters |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41725 |
| By: | World Bank Group |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases Environment-Climate Change and Environment Environment-Green Issues Environment-Environmental Economics & Policies |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41785 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Climate Change and Environment Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Natural Resources Management Water Resources-Groundwater |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41967 |
| By: | Moustafa, Khaled (Founder & Editor of ArabiXiv) |
| Abstract: | Climate change is a multi-hazard challenge for life on earth in all its aspects. Wildfires, pollution, drought and heatwaves are just a few examples of exacerbated environmental crises propelled by climate change effects. To mitigate such effects, urgent actions are required to cutoff greenhouse gas emissions by all the means across all the sectors. Every additional kilogram of greenhouse gases produced unnecessarily should be avoided. One source of greenhouse gas emissions that may not be top of mind for the public and policymakers - and which can be taken into account in preventive environmental policies- is the industry of administrative and identification documents (papers) with short validity dates that involves intensive production (mass printing) and frequent renewals (mass reprinting) while the carbon footprint is too high. The validity of, for example, identity cards, passports, banking cards, driving licenses, etc., is often short ranging from ~ 3 to 10 years, depending on each type of document and issuing country. Short validity dates, however, should raise critical questions regarding the environmental sustainability, societal and carbon impact, and depletion of natural resources used in their production and frequent renewals. Identification documents are not food products that spoil over time or medications that lose their functional activities, so their validity should be unlimited by time in order to avoid the high environmental costs of mass printing/reprinting and high rates of greenhouse gas emissions associated with their production. The production of plasticized ID-type cards can emit up to 100 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per card. Manufacturing one administrative document per person and renewing it five times could produce up to 4 million tons of carbon dioxide globally. If individuals have five administrative documents that need renewing five times, which is often the case, gas emissions would be five times higher, or approximately 20 million tons of CO2 equivalent. To save such important amounts of gas emissions, a modernization and flexibilization of administrative documents industry is required toward removing validity by date. This simple change could save substantial amounts of energy and natural resources, such as trees and water, while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions by million tons, especially in the pressing context of climate change. It should be time to initiate a paradigm shift in the administrative document industry. Eliminating validity periods is a straightforward yet effective solution that would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainable environmental practices. |
| Date: | 2023–12–30 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:uan9g_v1 |
| By: | Moustafa, Khaled (Founder & Editor of ArabiXiv) |
| Abstract: | Climate change is a significant challenge that humanity will face in the coming decades. This reality is evidenced by the escalating frequency and severity of environmental events such as wildfires, tsunamis, and high pollution rates, coupled with severe droughts and floods in various regions. Long-term repercussions of climate change are expected to worsen, posing a threat to terrestrial and marine ecosystems, biodiversity, public health, social cohesion, and immigration both within and between countries. To address these challenges, there is a critical need for efficient and resilient policies and urgent action. Mitigating climate change is a multifaceted issue demanding collective efforts from a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including individuals, governments, businesses, and organizations. In this perspective, I will explore arguable and applicable actions, ranging from simple, individual efforts to complex comprehensive initiatives. The goal is to sustain natural resources, minimize environmental waste, and foster a harmonious relationship between humans and their micro and macro-environments. Decisive, global, and timely actions are imperative to mitigate the effects of climate change and preserve natural resources. |
| Date: | 2024–01–31 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:cmyeb_v1 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Impacts Environment-Environmental Disasters & Degradation Energy-Energy Resources Development Environment-Natural Resources Management Finance and Financial Sector Development-Financial Intermediation |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41594 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Livestock & Animal Husbandry Agriculture-Climate Change and Agriculture Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41590 |
| By: | World Bank; Kenya Private Sector Alliance |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases Private Sector Development-Small and Medium Size Enterprises Public Sector Development-Climate Change Policy and Regulation |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41384 |
| By: | World Bank; AFD |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases Poverty Reduction-Poverty Reduction Strategies Governance-International Governmental Organizations |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41556 |
| By: | Fan Zhang; Christian Borja-Vega |
| Keywords: | Environment-Water Resources Management Water Resources-Water Conservation Water Resources-Water Resources Assessment Water Resources-Water Resources Institutions and Participations Water Resources-Water Use Environment-Climate Change Impacts |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41575 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Impacts |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41882 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Impacts Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases Environment-Climate Change and Environment |
| Date: | 2024–08 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41988 |
| By: | World Bank Group |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy and Environment Energy-Energy Resources Development Energy-Windpower Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases Environment-Natural Resources Management |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41711 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Resources Development Energy-Energy and Natural Resources Energy-Energy and Environment Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41615 |
| By: | Matthias Plavec; Martha Lawrence; Jyoti Bisbey |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases Transport Urban Development-Transport in Urban Areas |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41321 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Information and Communication Technologies-Knowledge Management Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41084 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Impacts |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41842 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Ecosystems and Natural Habitats Environment-Environmental Governance Environment-Marine Environment Environment-Green Issues |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41819 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Impacts Environment-Climate Change and Environment Environment-Pollution Management & Control Energy-Energy and Environment Rural Development-Rural Roads & Transport Urban Development-Transport in Urban Areas |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41728 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Impacts Private Sector Development-Land and Real Estate Development Communities and Human Settlements-Land Administration Communities and Human Settlements-Land Use and Policies Environment-Natural Resources Management |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41524 |
| By: | Defne Gencer; Beatriz Arizu |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Resources Development Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42275 |
| By: | Paolo Agnolucci; Defne Gencer; Dirk Heine |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Carbon Policy and Trading Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Taxation & Subsidies |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41537 |
| By: | Zuzana Dobrotková; Sheoli Pargal; Anna Aghababyan; Anders Pedersen |
| Keywords: | Energy-Rural Energy Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Rural Development-Rural Labor Markets |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41244 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Climate Change Impacts Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Communities and Human Settlements-Human Migrations & Resettlements Environment-Natural Resources Management |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41473 |
| By: | Schmitt, Stefanie Y. |
| Abstract: | Consumers increasingly care about the environmental quality of the goods they consume. However, limited attention impairs consumers' ability to compare and evaluate the environmental quality of goods. I show that investments in environmental quality, consumer surplus, producer surplus, and welfare are non-monotonic functions of attention. Average environmental quality, consumer surplus, producer surplus, and welfare are highest under intermediate (but different) levels of atten-tion. In addition, limited attention influences the effectiveness of policy interventions. I identify conditions under which emission taxes, subsidies, information campaigns, and mandatory disclosure lead to less investments in environmental quality, more emissions, lower consumer surplus, or lower welfare. |
| Keywords: | environmental quality, environmental policies, limited attention |
| JEL: | D91 L13 Q55 Q58 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:bamber:313019 |
| By: | Zuzana Dobrotková; Anna Aghababyan; Anders Pedersen; Sheoli Pargal |
| Keywords: | Environment-Environment and Energy Efficiency Environment-Environmental Management Social Protections and Labor-Labor Policies Private Sector Development |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41242 |
| By: | Campagnolo , Lorenza (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change); Mansi , Gabriele (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change); Bosello, Francesco (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change); Raitzer , David (Asian Development Bank) |
| Abstract: | This paper uses results from leading biophysical models in an established macro-economic modeling framework to offer insights on potential economic consequences of climate change in Asia and the Pacific. The analysis covers shocks in agriculture, fisheries, forestry, energy demand, capital (from sea level rise and riverine floods), and labor (from heat stress and extreme events). The shocks are considered in a global recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model that breaks out major economies of the region. The modeling finds that potential total gross domestic product loss as a result of climate change reaches 16.9% in Asia and the Pacific by 2070 under a high-end emissions scenario, with all economies negatively affected. Sea level rise is the largest source of loss, followed by loss of labor productivity due to heat stress. Damage function extrapolation of the losses suggests that they could reach 41.0% of gross domestic product by 2100. |
| Keywords: | climate change; climate damage; computable general equilibrium; economic impact |
| JEL: | C63 C68 Q51 Q54 |
| Date: | 2025–03–19 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:adbewp:0771 |
| By: | Balint Vargedo (Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary)); Csaba Burger (Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary)); Donat Kim (Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary)) |
| Keywords: | sustainable finance, financial stability, capital requirement, green finance, default probability, green transition, central bank mandates. |
| JEL: | E58 G21 G33 O16 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mnb:wpaper:2025/2 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Gender-Gender and Development Gender-Gender and Economics Gender-Gender and Social Development Energy-Renewable Energy Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41870 |
| By: | World Bank Group |
| Keywords: | Gender-Gender and Development Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41182 |
| By: | Lembregts, Christophe; Cadario, Romain |
| Abstract: | A systematic review of sustainable consumer behaviors in five prominent consumer research journals revealed that green behaviors with greater potential for climate mitigation (e.g., plant-based consumption) have not been broadly studied, indicating promising opportunities for future research. In an exploratory survey, we conceptually replicate this finding using a sample of consumer researchers with a general interest in studying higher-potential behaviors. We explore potential explanations, including researchers' focus on construct-to-construct mapping, preference for behaviors they personally experience or find easy to implement, lack of incentives to study higher-potential behaviors, and inadequate understanding of mitigation potential. To help shift consumer researchers’ focus on higher-potential behaviors, we offer concrete recommendations, such as proactively considering mitigation potential both as authors and reviewers, and utilizing phenomenon-to-construct mapping for enhancing theoretical contributions. In sum, this research will help interested consumer researchers to provide more relevant answers to the urgent challenge of climate change mitigation. |
| Date: | 2024–01–19 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:ywus6_v1 |
| By: | International Finance Corporation |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Agribusiness Agriculture-Crops & Crop Management Systems Water Resources-Water Resources Assessment Agriculture-Food Security Agriculture-Climate Change and Agriculture |
| Date: | 2024–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42448 |
| By: | World Bank Group |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Resources Development Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41881 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Gender-Gender and Development Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41792 |
| By: | Sri Sekar; Kyle Lundin; Christopher Tucker; Joe Figueiredo; Silvana Tordo; Javier Aguilar |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41115 |
| By: | Dominick de Waal; Mohamad Mahgoub Hamid |
| Keywords: | Water Supply and Sanitation-Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions Energy-Hydro Power Water Resources-Hydrology |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41622 |
| By: | Deborah V. Chapman; Poolad Karimi; Svetlana Valieva; Ruyi Li; Amal Talbi |
| Keywords: | Water Supply and Sanitation-Monitoring and Evaluation in Water Supply and Sanitation Water Resources-Freshwater Resources Water Resources-Water Resources Assessment Environment-Climate Change and Environment |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41957 |
| By: | Moustafa, Khaled (Founder & Editor of ArabiXiv) |
| Abstract: | Evergreen plants are nature's unceasing power engines, continuously performing photosynthesis and other vital processes that result in a steady stream of electrons. If the electric charges generated by these processes can be captured using highly sensitive sensors, it would be possible, at least in theory, to generate renewable electricity from green trees. To realize this potential, developing advanced electronic sensors capable of detecting the electric charges and movements of electrons within green stems and leaves is required. The collected charges can be converted into usable, renewable electricity and stored in batteries to power low-wattage devices such as lamps, street lights, and small electronics. If this approach is successfully implemented, it could meet some basic electricity needs in small cities and remote rural areas where conventional power sources are often unavailable. In forests and densely populated plant areas where thousands of trees thrive, the total amount of electricity that could be generated from these trees might be enough to satisfy minimal energy requirements of surrounding communities. |
| Date: | 2024–01–31 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:f8g5n_v1 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Climate Change Impacts Environment-Climate Change and Environment Urban Development |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41947 |
| By: | Rafael de Sa Ferreira; Javier Gustavo Inon; Patrick Dougherty; Tom Remy |
| Keywords: | Finance and Financial Sector Development-Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships Energy-Power & Energy Conversion Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41765 |
| By: | Karl Dunkle Werner (U.S. Department of the Treasury); Arik Levinson (Department of Economics, Georgetown University) |
| Abstract: | Many governments and businesses would like to minimize or eliminate the greenhouse gases that result from their purchases of power from electricity grids. Because electricity flows cannot be traced from purchasers back to specific generators, some regulators and users have proposed an approximation. Purchasers would be credited with using clean power if they contract for electricity generated by particular zero-carbon suppliers to the grid or purchase certificates accompanying that zero-carbon generation, so long as those arrangements meet three conditions, or “pillars”: The associated clean power must be generated (1) nearby, (2) during the same hour, and (3) from newly constructed power plants. Whether or not the three pillars are followed, existing or planned electricity generation meeting all three conditions is expected to account for 10 percent of US power in 2030. We show that the qualifying power would be cleaner than average, but not zero-carbon. Electricity purchases meeting the restrictions will have incremental emissions per megawatt hour 30 to 43 percent below unrestricted average emissions per megawatt hour. The three pillars could have additional climate benefits if demand for clean power exceeds the restricted supply, resulting in less total electricity demand or encouraging construction of new clean electricity capacity. |
| Keywords: | marginal emissions, climate change, renewable electricity |
| JEL: | Q42 Q47 Q48 Q58 |
| Date: | 2025–03–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:geo:guwopa:gueconwpa~25-25-01 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Conservation & Efficiency Energy-Energy Technology & Transmission Energy-Energy Resources Development Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Natural Resources Management |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41459 |
| By: | International Finance Corporation |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Crops & Crop Management Systems Agriculture-Food Security Water Resources-Water and Food Supply Agriculture-Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage Agriculture-Climate Change and Agriculture |
| Date: | 2024–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42449 |
| By: | Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Social Protections and Labor-Labor Markets Energy-Renewable Energy |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41259 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Energy-Electric Power Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41909 |
| By: | Cecilia Costella; Elham Shabahat; Nian Sadiq; Yuko Okamura |
| Keywords: | Social Protections and Labor-Social Protections & Assistance Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41724 |
| By: | Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) |
| Keywords: | Energy-Solar Energy Energy-Energy Resources Development Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41349 |
| By: | Ruth Hill; Trang Nguyen; Miki Khanh Doan |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Poverty Reduction-Equity and Development Urban Development-Transport in Urban Areas Urban Development |
| Date: | 2024–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42259 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–08 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42064 |
| By: | Energy Sector Management Assistance Program |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Resources Development Energy-Energy and Environment Energy-Rural Energy |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41638 |
| By: | ESMAP |
| Keywords: | Energy-Renewable Energy Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Finance and Financial Sector Development-Access to Finance |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41645 |
| By: | Sergio Venegas Marin; Lara Schwarz; Shwetlena Sabarwal |
| Keywords: | Education-Education Indicators and Statistics Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41483 |
| By: | International Finance Corporation (IFC) |
| Keywords: | Gender-Gender and Environment Gender-Gender and Development Environment-Climate Change Impacts |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41775 |
| By: | Stratos Tavoulareas |
| Keywords: | Energy-Electric Power Energy-Coal and Lignite Energy-Energy Resources Development Energy-Energy Technology & Transmission Energy-Fuels Energy-Renewable Energy |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41670 |
| By: | Marion Leroutier (CREST-ENSAE Paris); Hélène Ollivier (Paris School of Economics, CNRS) |
| Abstract: | This paper shows that even moderate air pollution levels, such as those in Europe, harm the economy by reducing firm performance. Using monthly firm-level data from France, we estimate the causal impact of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) on sales and worker absenteeism. Leveraging exogenous pollution shocks from local wind direction changes, we find that a 10 percent increase in monthly PM2.5 exposure reduces firm sales by 0.4 percent on average over the next two months, with sector-specific variation. Simultaneously, sick leave rises by 1 percent. However, this labor supply reduction explains only a small part of the sales decline. Our evidence suggests that air pollution also reduces worker productivity and dampens local demand. Aligning air quality with WHO guidelines would yield economic benefits on par with the costs of regulation or the health benefits from reduced mortality. |
| Keywords: | Cost of air pollution, Absenteeism, Firm performance |
| JEL: | Q53 I1 J22 |
| Date: | 2025–02–15 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:crs:wpaper:2025-05 |
| By: | Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) |
| Keywords: | Energy-Renewable Energy Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42248 |
| By: | World Bank Group |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41729 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Energy-Renewable Energy Environment-Climate Change and Environment Finance and Financial Sector Development-Access to Finance |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41646 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health Health, Nutrition and Population-Health Monitoring & Evaluation |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41406 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Urban Development-Urban Water & Waste Management Water Supply and Sanitation-Urban Solid Waste Management Environment-Pollution Management & Control Environment-Environmental Governance |
| Date: | 2024–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42467 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41893 |
| By: | Tom Moerenhout; Defne Gencer; Beatriz Arizu; Min A Lee; Hannah Braun |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Natural Resources Management Energy-Energy Policies & Economics |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41422 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Pollution Management & Control Urban Development-Urban Water & Waste Management Environment-Environmental Governance |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41448 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Water Supply and Sanitation-Urban Solid Waste Management Urban Development-Urban Water & Waste Management Environment-Pollution Management & Control Environment-Environmental Governance |
| Date: | 2024–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42466 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Urban Development-Urban Water & Waste Management Water Supply and Sanitation-Urban Solid Waste Management Environment-Pollution Management & Control Environment-Environmental Governance |
| Date: | 2024–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42465 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Urban Development-Urban Water & Waste Management Water Supply and Sanitation-Urban Solid Waste Management Environment-Pollution Management & Control Environment-Environmental Governance |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42462 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Urban Development-Transport in Urban Areas Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41766 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41845 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41849 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41847 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Resources Development Energy-Hydro Power Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42321 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41851 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Impacts Infrastructure Economics and Finance-Infrastructure Finance Urban Development-Hazard Risk Management Conflict and Development-Disaster Management |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41595 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Social Protections and Labor-Labor Standards |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41754 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41852 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41850 |
| By: | Rico Salgmann; Maximilian Weidenhammer; Dominik Englert |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Finance Energy-Renewable Energy Environment-Green Issues Private Sector Development |
| Date: | 2024–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42178 |
| By: | Innocentus Alhamis |
| Abstract: | This paper explores key theoretical frameworks instrumental in understanding the relationship between sustainability and institutional investment decisions. The study identifies and analyzes various theories, including Behavioral Finance Theory, Modern Portfolio Theory, Risk Management Theory, and others, to explain how sustainability considerations increasingly influence investment choices. By examining these frameworks, the paper highlights how investors integrate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors to optimize financial outcomes and align with broader societal goals. |
| Date: | 2025–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2502.13148 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41846 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Fisheries & Aquaculture Industry-Fishing Industry Water Resources-Water Resources Assessment Environment-Water Resources Management Water Resources-Water Law |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41722 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Climate Change Impacts Environment-Environmental Management Finance and Financial Sector Development-Banks & Banking Reform |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41405 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Pollution Management & Control Urban Development-Urban Water & Waste Management Environment-Environmental Management Environment-Climate Change and Environment |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41787 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Finance and Financial Sector Development-Finance and Development Poverty Reduction-Poverty Reduction Strategies |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41358 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41848 |
| By: | Jon Kher Kaw; Hogeun Park; Ban Edilbi |
| Keywords: | Communities and Human Settlements-Urban Communities Urban Development-Urban Housing Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41699 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Fisheries & Aquaculture Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41693 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Consumption Energy-Renewable Energy Energy-Energy Markets |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41876 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41844 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Communities and Human Settlements-Urban Communities Urban Development-City Development Strategies Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41840 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Environmental Economics & Policies Energy-Energy Consumption Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Fiscal & Monetary Policy |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41834 |
| By: | Alberto Citterio (University of Insubria); |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates how environmental certifications – specifically, formal Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001, EMAS) and consumer-facing eco-labels – influence firm financial performance. Using a dual approach that includes a bibliometric review and a systematic analysis of key studies, we identify key trends, theoretical underpinnings, and methodological approaches across these distinct certification types. Our bibliometric results highlight a rapidly evolving field, with Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and eco-label research growing along different paths and showing varying levels of international collaboration. The systematic review complements these findings by examining evidence on how certifications impact internal efficiencies, market positioning, and overall profitability. We observe that benefits depend strongly on organizational context, implementation quality, and stakeholder engagement. By integrating insights from both reviews, this paper clarifies the conditions under which environmental certifications enhance financial outcomes and offers directions for future research aimed at advancing both environmental responsibility and firm-level success. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Management Systems, Eco-labels, Bibliometric Analysis, Financial Performance |
| Date: | 2025–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pav:demwpp:demwp0226 |
| By: | Francesco Tisei; Malin Ed |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Climate Change Impacts Social Protections and Labor-Social Protections & Assistance Urban Development-Hazard Risk Management |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41529 |
| By: | Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) |
| Keywords: | Energy-Renewable Energy Social Protections and Labor-Labor Markets |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41262 |
| By: | Ulrike Lehr; Hector Pollitt |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Poverty Reduction-Employment and Shared Growth |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41184 |
| By: | Darmasetiawan, Noviaty Kresna; Rianawati, Andri; Hadi, Faizal Susilo |
| Abstract: | The extraordinary sea potential is owned by the City of Bitung, North Sulawesi, both from fisheries and tourism. This potential is well known to foreign countries, so it has the opportunity to become the flagship of the blue economy in Indonesia. This paper explores the role of collaboration strategy (CS) theory and resource-based view (RBV), which are the basis for formulating and creating competitive advantage to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. The type of research used was a qualitative research approach; the data collection was conducted through focus group discussion methods and in-depth interviews with stakeholders of entrepreneurs who engaged in the fisheries sector, marine tourism, government, and academics. The collaboration strategy theory is poised to play a crucial role in managing marine resources in Indonesia, particularly as the nation focuses on its blue economy flagship to gain a competitive advantage for sustainable development. This is especially evident in enhancing knowledge acquisition, which is essential for improving knowledge-based products among cluster members in the blue ocean economy. This research explores the contributions of the collaboration strategy and the resource-based view to the primary strategy in blue economy management, aiming to attain a sustainable competitive advantage. |
| Date: | 2023–12–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:w7v2e_v1 |
| By: | LOMINE, LOYKIE |
| Abstract: | The role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education is generating considerable debate, including in business schools. Drawing insights from recent publications (both academic and journalistic) and from examples of business schools around the world, this paper explores the potential of AI as a catalyst for sustainable education. It is structured around the alignment of AI's educational benefits with four of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). Key findings suggest that AI's capabilities in offering personalized learning experiences, fostering innovation, promoting responsible consumption and bolstering sustainable partnerships position IA as an essential tool for business schools. This paper ultimately advocates for the deliberate and strategic integration of AI to further the mission of sustainability education of business schools worldwide. |
| Date: | 2024–02–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:64y38_v1 |
| By: | Saeed Nematshahi; Amin Khodaei; Ali Arabnya |
| Abstract: | In recent years, the frequency and intensity of grid-ignited wildfires have increased significantly, leading to an elevated level of risk exposure to public safety and financial repercussions for electric utilities threatening their solvency. It is, therefore, imperative for electric utilities to accurately assess the financial impact of potential wildfires ignited by their power infrastructure. This is a critical step toward developing risk-informed strategies to mitigate grid-ignited wildfires from both operational and financial perspectives. This paper proposes and develops an integrated model to evaluate the damage costs associated with potential grid-ignited wildfires to allow assessing financial risk with greater precision than existing literature. The proposed model is tailored to assess the financial risk associated with grid-ignited wildfires, including environmental damages, destroyed structures, and damage to the power grid assets. We quantify the risk associated with each power line, thereby identifying areas that require immediate preemptive actions. To visually represent the risk levels associated with the transmission grid topology, we implement a color-coded risk heatmap. The heatmap categorizes risk levels as follows: low-risk areas are denoted in white, moderate-low risk regions in green, medium-risk areas in yellow, and high-risk zones in red... |
| Date: | 2025–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2502.09629 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Air Quality & Clean Air Environment-Environmental Protection Environment-Pollution Management & Control |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41969 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Water Resources-Groundwater Water Supply and Sanitation-Monitoring and Evaluation in Water Supply and Sanitation Water Resources-Water Resources Assessment |
| Date: | 2024–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42356 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Food Security Water Resources-Flood Control Environment-Marine Environment Environment-Natural Disasters |
| Date: | 2024–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42325 |
| By: | Kevwe Pela; Samantha De Martino; Federica Ricaldi; David Japp |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Fisheries & Aquaculture Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Social Protections and Labor-Social Protections & Assistance Social Protections and Labor-Skills Development and Labor Force Training |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41976 |
| By: | World Bank; United Nations Capital Development Fund |
| Keywords: | Governance-Local Government Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Climate Change Economics |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41417 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Growth Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Climate Change Economics |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41829 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Environmental Economics & Policies Environment-Persistent Organic Pollutants Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Growth |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41684 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Agribusiness Agriculture-Fisheries & Aquaculture |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41959 |
| By: | Ochou, Fabrice Esse; Ouattara, Pierre Dignakouho |
| Abstract: | Climate change has been affecting the agriculture sector over the past few decades. This impact could have serious consequences for farmers in developing countries. This paper applies the spatial approach to assess the response of agricultural net revenue to climate change in Cote dIvoire. It first uses a simple static comparative approach, to show that market imperfection induces spatial heterogeneity in agricultural product prices and hence spatial autocorrelation. Taking these findings as a point of departure, empirical analysis uses a Spatial Durbin Error Model based on 2016 World Bank Smallholder Household Survey POLICY BRIEF Spatial Analysis of Climate Effect on Agriculture: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Cote dIvoire Fabrice Esse Ochou and Pierre Dignakouho Ouattara October 2023 / No.785 2 Policy Brief No.785 Data from Cote dIvoire. Results reveal that rainfall has a non-linear direct effect and positive linear spillover effects on agricultural net revenue. In addition, the paper shows that the total marginal effect of rainfall is positive in the central, eastern and northern regions of the country and negative in the coastal and western regions. Moreover, predictions indicate that a decrease in average precipitation of between 5% and 10% leads in general to a decrease in the average net agricultural income from about 0.45% to 1.38% while an increase in the same ranges leads to a decrease in the average net agricultural income from about 0.02% to 0.05% |
| Date: | 2024–04–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:68cea27d-5103-4805-99d3-c5be0464e9f0 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Water Resources Management Water Resources-Water Resources Assessment Agriculture-Fisheries & Aquaculture Industry-Fishing Industry |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41579 |
| By: | George Joseph; Yi Rong Hoo; Qiao Wang; Aroha Bahuguna; Luis Andres |
| Keywords: | Water Supply and Sanitation-Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions Water Resources-Freshwater Resources |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41515 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Growth |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41818 |
| By: | Mersedeh Tariverdi; Daniel Thompson; Christoph Klaiber; Jun Rentschler; Keiko Sakoda; Nadezda Leonova; Seti Rahmani; Chloé Desjonquères; Laura Di Giorgio; Tomas Plaza Reneses |
| Keywords: | Health, Nutrition and Population-Health Systems Development & Reform Health, Nutrition and Population-Health Service Management and Delivery Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Natural Disasters |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41363 |
| By: | Yannik Pflugfelder; Christoph Weber (Chair for Management Sciences and Energy Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen) |
| Abstract: | The spatial distribution of future renewable capacities is a key determinant for developing appropriate grid expansion plans. This is particularly relevant for onshore wind energy. Existing studiesmostly extrapolate future installations based on existing capacities and available sites. As wind farm projects are developed mainly by private investors, the economic rationale of investing at specific sites deserves more attention. Therefore, the present contribution develops a model of economic choice for wind investments based on site-specific computations of the achievable net present value, taking into consideration the land availability at the regional level. Therefore, sitespecific investment decisions are modeled as (partly aggregated) discrete choices. The net present value is computed from investment costs and expected yields, which can be estimated based on wind speed time series and power curves. Available land can be identified by excluding settlement, infrastructure, and nature conservation areas with appropriate buffers, as well as sites with topographically unsuitable profiles. The model is formulated as a nested logit model that captures the interdependencies between choices on two levels: the probability of investment in a particular region on the first level and the probability of installing a specific turbine type on the second level. In an application for Germany with the target capacities of the German Renewable Energy Act, the model delivers a spatial distribution of the capacities at the NUTS 3 level. The model also enables the derivation of the necessary compensation level and the most frequently installed turbine types. |
| Keywords: | wind energy, regionalization models, renewable energy sources, nested logit model |
| JEL: | Q42 Q48 C35 R58 |
| Date: | 2025–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dui:wpaper:2501 |
| By: | Niass, Dieynaba |
| Abstract: | This paper aims to analyse the effect of natural resources on the supply portfolio of African exports. Based on COMTRADE data on export products from 20002015, a methodological approach is applied using two standard measurement trade diversification indicators: active line counting and the standardised Herfindahl Hirschman index. These indicators are then linked to the status of resource-rich countries (and other controls) in a fixed-effects panel data model. The results of this paper suggest that the presence of oil resources (non-renewable resources) hurts diversification, essentially through the channel of degradation of institutions. Similarly, agricultural products (renewable resources) negatively affect African export diversification (count and index) through the exchange rate channel. This shows the need for Africa to strengthen the quality of institutions by fighting against corruption through transparency in the exploitation and export of natural resources, and through proper management. In addition, African countries must ensure the stability of monetary policies so that a depreciation of the exchange rate can be to their advantage. |
| Date: | 2024–04–30 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:833c768a-09a0-4fb8-aa14-c32511b6b961 |
| By: | Yingying Zhang Zhang (IUJ Research Institute, International University of Japan); Zanele Penelope Phiri (IUJ Research Institute, International University of Japan) |
| Keywords: | Sustainable Agriculture, Agri-Entrepreneurship, Smallholder Farmers, Innovation and Resilience, Eswatini Agriculture |
| Date: | 2025–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iuj:wpaper:ems_2025_02 |
| By: | Indira Hapsari; Ahya Ihsan; Anthony Obeyesekere; Dwi Endah Abriningrum; Muhammad Khudadad Chattha |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41359 |
| By: | ESMAP |
| Keywords: | Energy-Renewable Energy Environment-Climate Change and Environment Environment-Climate Change Impacts Environment-Natural Resources Management Environment-Tourism and Ecotourism |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41678 |
| By: | Shimeles, Abebe; Gallagher, Kevin |
| Abstract: | The triple and overlapping global shocks faced by African countries have caused severe liquidity challenges in recent years. Many countries are currently experiencing low real GDP growth, higher inflation, exchange rate instability, balance of payments crisis, and a high risk of debt distress. The most critical is the increasing disruption that climate change risks pose to the macroeconomy, including worsening conditions of conflict and instability. In this regard, Africa is at a significant historic moment to resolve its development finance challenges to ensure a transition to a low-carbon economy while achieving the targets set in the Sustainable Development Goals. This paper outlines potential areas of reform in both the domestic and global arenas. It argues that the existing debt resolution mechanisms are obsolete, requiring novel and bold approaches, such as revising the role of Special Drawing Rights in relieving liquidity challenges in developing countries, mainly in Africa. In addition, the paper also notes that African governments need to seize opportunities created by the shocks to implement long-overdue structural and governance reforms to realize the continents enormous development potential. |
| Date: | 2024–05–14 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:b0185468-6704-4746-9909-5c512e4b2e88 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Governance-International Governmental Organizations Energy-Energy Finance Energy-Energy Resources Development Energy-Energy and Natural Resources Energy-Hydro Power Energy-Renewable Energy Environment-Forests and Forestry Energy-Solar Energy Energy-Windpower |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41675 |
| By: | Alessio World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Environment-Natural Resources Management Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Growth Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Theory & Research |
| Date: | 2024–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42320 |
| By: | Hervé Plusquellec |
| Keywords: | Environment-Environmental Management Agriculture-Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage Water Resources-Irrigation and Drainage Water Resources-Groundwater |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41364 |
| By: | Yuko Okamura; Annabelle Bladon; Gunilla Tegelskär Greig; Gianluigi Nico |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Fisheries & Aquaculture |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41932 |
| By: | Stephen Hodgson |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41937 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Poverty Reduction-Poverty Diagnostics Poverty Reduction-Poverty, Environment and Development Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Development |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41425 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Adaptation to Climate Change Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Fiscal & Monetary Policy Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Growth |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41611 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Environmental Disasters & Degradation Water Resources-Drought Management Environment-Natural Disasters Urban Development-Hazard Risk Management Finance and Financial Sector Development-Financial Intermediation |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41592 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Climate Change and Environment Rural Development-Rural Development Strategy & Policy Urban Development-Urban Economic Development Environment-Pollution Management & Control |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41342 |
| By: | Giovanardi, Francesco; Kaldorf, Matthias |
| Abstract: | We study optimal monetary policy in an analytically tractable New Key-nesian DSGE-model with an emission externality. Empirically, emissions are strongly pro-cyclical and output in the flexible price equilibrium overreacts to productivity shocks, relative to the efficient allocation. At the same time, output under-reacts relative to the flexible price allocation due to sticky prices. Therefore, it is not optimal to simultaneously stabilize inflation and to close the natural output gap, even though this would be feasible. Real externalities affect the LQ-approximation to optimal monetary policy and we extend the analysis of Benigno and Woodford (2005) to inefficient flexible price equilibria. For central banks with a dual mandate, optimal monetary policy places a larger weight on output stabilization and targets a non-zero natural output gap, implying a higher optimal inflation volatility. |
| Keywords: | Optimal Monetary Policy, Carbon Emissions, Output Gap, Central Bank Loss Function, Phillips Curve |
| JEL: | E31 E58 Q58 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:bubdps:313014 |
| By: | Okyere, Charles Y.; Usman, Muhammed A. |
| Abstract: | In this study, we investigated whether irrigated agriculture results in improved child nutrition outcomes among farm households in southern Ghana. Using panel data collected between 2014 and 2015, the results from the inverse probability weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA) estimator suggest that children living with irrigating households have, on average, higher weight-for age and weight-for-height than children residing with non-irrigating households. Males and under-five children gained substantial improvements. Disaggregating irrigation by type, the results indicated that households planting on riverbeds or riverbanks had improved child nutrition. Additionally, children living with households lifting water from water sources had higher height-for-age and weight-for-age. Further analysis of the underlying pathways suggests that an increase in health care financing and improvement in environmental quality rather than decreases in illness incidence may be the crucial channels. Altogether, the findings showed the importance of investments in agricultural development, particularly in small-scale irrigated agriculture technologies, to reduce childhood undernutrition. |
| Date: | 2024–04–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:c3332259-90b3-40a8-a2aa-bbb4b0508e1f |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Communities and Human Settlements-Indigenous Communities Culture and Development-Culture in Sustainable Development Poverty Reduction-Poverty Reduction Strategies Poverty Reduction-Inequality Information and Communication Technologies-ICT Data and Statistics |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41601 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Energy-Electric Power Energy-Energy Conservation & Efficiency Energy-Renewable Energy Energy-Utilities |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41618 |
| By: | Szilvia Doczi |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Consumption Energy-Energy Markets Energy-Energy Resources Development Energy-Energy Sector Regulation |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41672 |
| By: | Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) |
| Keywords: | Energy-Electric Power Rural Development-Rural and Renewable Energy Rural Development-Rural Labor Markets |
| Date: | 2024–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:40952 |
| By: | African Department International Monetary Fund; Western Africa Region World Bank |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:38438 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Agribusiness Agriculture-Food Security |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41648 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | International Economics and Trade-Trade and Transport |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41702 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Natural Disasters Infrastructure Economics and Finance-Infrastructure Finance |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41887 |
| By: | Tesfaye, Wondimagegn Mesfin |
| Abstract: | Recently, there is a resurgence of interest in crop diversification as a strategy to deal with a variety of issues, including malnutrition in the context of a changing climate and poorly developed markets. However, the empirical evidence base to justify this policy position is thin. This research seeks to contribute to the growing literature and the policy discourse by providing empirical evidence on the impact of crop diversification on child growth using panel survey data, combined with historical weather data. The study finds that crop diversification has a positive but small impact on child growth. Results from analysis of heterogeneous effects POLICY BRIEF Crop Diversification, Household Nutrition, and Child Growth: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia Wondimagegn Mesfin Tesfaye October 2023 / No.795 2 Policy Brief No.795 show that the positive effects are more pronounced in areas with limited access to markets. The study demonstrates that the positive effects of crop diversification on child growth could be mediated through its positive impacts on household diet diversity, diet quality, and income. |
| Date: | 2024–04–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:2ef752dc-d99e-4537-88c5-b531d91023f2 |
| By: | Niftiyev, Ibrahim; Bagirzadeh, Elshan |
| Abstract: | The energy sector is critical to economic growth and development, and the everchanging world order requires a new review of past and current trends in this area. This paper focuses on the members of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) that share a common history, similar cultural and political perspectives, and similar national interests. While some OTS countries are net exporters of electricity energy (e.g., Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan), others are net importers of it (e.g., Türkiye, and Hungary), and cooperation among member and observer states is growing rapidly. This paper documents the similarities and differences in energy sector variability among OTS members using a principal component analysis (PCA) of data between 1991 and 2021. Our study shows that all OTS countries are similar in terms of primary energy consumption per capita, but in terms of electricity consumption and renewable electricity per capita, Hungary and Kyrgyzstan differ from the rest of the sample. Additionally, carbon intensity varies to the same extent in Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Türkiye. Finally, Hungary and Kyrgyzstan have not changed their fossil fuel-based electricity generation, while Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan show the same positive trend in electricity energy trade. The results of this study provide an integrated and methodological overview of the energy sector of the OTS countries and shed light on possible future cooperation between the member and observer countries. |
| Keywords: | Dimension Reduction, Energy Sector, Energy Economics, Energy Transition, Organization of Turkic States (OTS), Principal Component Analysis (PCA) |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esconf:313417 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases Poverty Reduction-Poverty Diagnostics Health, Nutrition and Population-Population & Development Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Development |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41423 |
| By: | Tomoya MORI; Miki OGAWA |
| Abstract: | The world is undeniably facing trends of aging, declining birth rates and shrinking populations. As a result, rural economies are shrinking rapidly while large cities are absorbing their populations. Each country must make difficult decisions about which cities to preserve in order to sustain the country as a whole. Japan is at the forefront of rapid economic contraction, and we propose a systematic method for assessing the sustainability of cities as living communities. This method is based on the hierarchy property that holds between a larger and smaller city in the composition of tertiary industries. This property allows us to identify the threshold population size of a city for a given set of industries to be able to operate in the city. In particular, by defining the sets of essential industries for modern life, one can identify the population size of a sustainable city. Combined with a separately conducted future projection of individual city sizes, this represents a guideline for a strategic reduction of the country's economic geography by identifying the future spatial distribution of focal cities. This will allow for the reorganization of functional regions around focal cities to ensure that the country can adapt to its declining population. |
| Date: | 2025–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:eti:polidp:25006 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Pollution Management & Control |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41820 |
| By: | Yannick, Djoumessi Fosso; Bergaly, Kamdem Cyrille |
| Abstract: | Today, we are confronted with one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: meeting the increasing needs of the population while reducing the damage caused by agriculture to the natural resources, namely water and land. To date, the empirical literature on the estimation of productivity in agriculture, has disregarded water as an input. Given that it constitutes a necessary input, then its efficient use becomes a prerequisite condition. The main objective of this study was to investigate productivity growth in agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, considering water as an input. The Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA) POLICY BRIEF Water Use and Agricultural Productivity Growth in sub Saharan Africa Djoumessi Fosso Yannick and Kamdem Cyrille Bergaly October 2023 / No.794 2 Policy Brief No.794 was used to estimate the agricultural production function incorporating water as an input and to derive the total factor productivity (TFP) using a sample of 19 countries for the period 19912014. The results of the SFA model showed that the classical coefficients of the production function, including water endowment as an input, have a significant and positive impact on agricultural production growth after correction for the potential endogeneity bias. The average growth rate of TFP considering water as an input was estimated at 0.045% per year for the full sample period, a figure considerably lower than classical TFP estimated at an average rate of 1% per year. For the period 19912001, the rate was negative and estimated at -0.44% and 0.36% for the period 20022012. The higher performance in 20022012 may be due to the significant adoption of good agricultural practices along with technological advances that allowed for saving water (between -0.08% and -0.05% on average per year). Therefore, it would be advisable to focus more on good practices in water saving which are key to an efficient use of water in agriculture |
| Date: | 2024–04–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:c12071df-613c-4012-bbc7-1ef3cb5874ba |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Natural Resources Management Environment-Climate Change and Environment Environment-Environmental Protection Environment-Environmental Management Environment-Pollution Management & Control |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41632 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Climate Change and Environment Gender-Gender and Development Energy-Energy Resources Development |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41265 |
| By: | Richard Davis; Robert Rusconi; Aaron Levine |
| Keywords: | Finance and Financial Sector Development-Finance and Development Social Protections and Labor-Social Funds and Pensions Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Investment and Investment Climate Finance and Financial Sector Development-Capital Markets and Capital Flows |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41487 |
| By: | Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Global Infrastructure Facility; Hydrogen Council |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Finance Energy-Renewable Energy |
| Date: | 2024–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41125 |
| By: | International Finance Corporation |
| Keywords: | Agriculture-Climate Change and Agriculture Environment-Climate Change and Environment |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41204 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Social Protections and Labor-Pensions & Retirement Systems Social Protections and Labor-Social Funds and Pensions |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41926 |
| By: | Bakehe, Novice Patrick |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the effect of agricultural productivity on the environment, using deforestation as an example. We examined this relationship using a sample of nine countries in Central Africa, with data from the 1990s to 2020. The econometrics results show that an increase in agricultural productivity reduced the rate of deforestation in these countries. This suggests that policies that facilitate the adoption of modern inputs and investment in technology leading to an increase in yields from agriculture could lead to a reduction in the demand for agricultural land. |
| Date: | 2024–04–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:e7809a1e-ad9f-4db9-b223-9583ae4a8a56 |
| By: | PERMANA, AGUNG EURO EKA |
| Abstract: | Management Managing Diversity |
| Date: | 2023–11–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:wxpgf_v1 |
| By: | Brunhart, Andreas; Geiger, Martin; Paetzold, Jörg |
| Abstract: | Der «Wachstumsmonitor 2024» – die mittlerweile vierte Ausgabe des Wachstumsmonitors des Liechtenstein-Instituts – analysiert relevante und verfügbare Wirtschaftsdaten, welche die langfristige Wachstumsentwicklung der liechtensteinischen Volkswirtschaft aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln abbilden. Er ist entsprechend der Auffassung konzipiert, dass Wohlstand ein mehrdimensionales Konzept darstellt. Neben klassischen wirtschaftlichen Kennzahlen sind Indikatoren, welche Aspekte wie beispielweise die Lebensbedingungen oder den Ressourcenverbrauch abbilden, für die langfristige und nachhaltige Entwicklungen einer Volkswirtschaft ebenfalls wichtig. Er soll also nicht nur den materiellen Wohlstand, sondern auch die wahrgenommene Wohlfahrt erfassen. In der 2024-Ausgabe umfasst der Wachstumsmonitor ein Set von 85 Indikatoren, welche hinsichtlich Situation und Tendenz bewertet werden, und beinhaltet zudem ein Fokuskapitel zum Thema Arbeitskräftemangel. Die meisten Daten, welche den Indikatoren der vierten Ausgabe des «Wachstumsmonitors» zugrunde liegen, schliessen entsprechend der Datenverfügbarkeit die Entwicklungen bis 2022/23 ein. Die liechtensteinische Volkswirtschaft hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten überaus dynamisch und erfolgreich entwickelt. So ist Liechtenstein heute eines der wohlhabendsten, innovativsten und stabilsten Länder der Welt, mit einer vergleichsweise sehr zufriedenen und gesunden Bevölkerung. Auch wenn das Wirtschaftswachstum in vielen Bereichen weiterhin positiv ausfällt, hat sich das langfristige Wachstum in Liechtenstein in den letzten Jahren tendenziell weiter verlangsamt. Wesentliche Faktoren dafür sind die wenig dynamische globale Nachfrage sowie geringes Produktivitätswachstum. Darüber hinaus ist der Wachstumsausblick aufgrund der gegenwärtigen makroökonomischen Herausforderungen im Kontext der geopolitischen Fragmentierung, der grünen Transformation, des monetären Umfelds und der demografischen Entwicklung eingetrübt. Hinzu kommt, dass das hohe Niveau an Wirtschaftsaktivität in Liechtenstein mit einer hohen Nachfrage nach Arbeitskräften einhergeht, besonders nach hochqualifizierten. Gleichzeitig ist die demografische Entwicklung in Liechtenstein ungünstig und die Arbeitsmarktindikatoren weisen darauf hin, dass die Erwerbspartizipation von Frauen und Älteren noch nicht optimal ausgeschöpft wird. Im Hinblick auf die Nachhaltigkeit des Wirtschaftswachstums lässt sich feststellen, dass Liechtensteins Wirtschaftsaktivität weiterhin mit erheblichen Kosten für die Umwelt einhergeht. Gleichwohl wird bei einzelnen Indikatoren mittlerweile die angestrebte Trendumkehr sichtbar. Für eine umfassendere Beurteilung der Nachhaltigkeit der liechtensteinischen Volkswirtschaft sind die verfügbaren offiziellen Statistiken zu den Sustainable Development Goals (UNO) aber nach wie vor zu dünn. Insgesamt erscheint Liechtenstein gegenüber den aktuellen Herausforderungen für das Wirtschaftswachstum gut gerüstet. Für den zukünftigen Erfolg der Liechtensteiner Volkswirtschaft sind jedoch die privaten Anstrengungen für den Innovationsstandort weiterhin von zentraler Bedeutung, wie auch ein stärkeres Engagement der öffentlichen Haushalte im Bereich Forschung und Bildung. Zudem ist in Zeiten zunehmender globaler Unsicherheit und geopolitischer Fragmentierung die Stärkung der nationalen Resilienz und Sicherheit wichtig. |
| Keywords: | Volkswirtschaft, Wirtschaftswachstum, Liechtenstein |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esrepo:312582 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Marine Environment Environment-Environmental Management Environment-Environmentally Protected Areas Environment-Natural Resources Management Governance-International Governmental Organizations |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41664 |
| By: | Reich, Charlotte; Wahbi, Annkathrin; Bruns, Selina; Mußhoff, Oliver |
| Abstract: | The expansion of male-dominated cash crops marginalizes women in the economic value chain. This issue is notably prevalent in Indonesia's continuously growing oil palm industry. Yet, there has been limited research on potential pathways for women's economic integration. This study addresses this gap by utilizing primary data collected through qualitative interviews from Jambi, a key region for oil palm cultivation. We undertake an in-depth exploration of women's work aspirations in general and specifically in relation to beekeeping, as beekeeping presents itself as a sustainable economic activity. The aim of our study is to understand how income opportunities for women in rural, agri-monoculture-dominated areas can be sustainably enhanced. The findings suggest that even though overall household income increase over the past decades due to palm oil cultivation, women nevertheless want to work. They state a variety of aspired professions which we cluster into "Traders", "Socials", and "Miscellaneous". The majority of women are open to beekeeping activities and those who are not raise concerns that could easily be addressed through information, training, and by keeping stingless bees. Our results provide insights into the socio-economic dynamics of oil palm expansion. We offer recommendations for policymakers and researchers aiming for more resilient and sustainable smallholder driven oil palm systems. |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:daredp:313635 |
| By: | Ahya Ihsan; Dwi Endah Abriningrum; Bambang Suharnoko Suharnoko; Anissa Rahmawati; Sara Giannozzi |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Conservation & Efficiency Energy-Fuels |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41617 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Coastal and Marine Environment Environment-Environmental Management Environment-Marine Environment Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Growth |
| Date: | 2024–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41614 |
| By: | ESMAP; PPIAF; DDP |
| Keywords: | Energy-Electric Power Energy-Solar Energy Information and Communication Technologies-Digital Divide |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41243 |
| By: | Sylla, Fanta Ndioba; Diagne, Abdoulaye |
| Abstract: | Leconomie senegalaise a ete recemment touchee par les chocs combines de la Covid-19, des tensions geopolitiques en Ukraine, sans oublier les chocs lies au changement climatique qui samplifient dannee en annee. Les ressources necessaires pour faire face a ces chocs ont conduit a une aggravation rapide de la dette publique et du deficit budgetaire, ce qui limite les possibilites pour le Senegal de mobiliser des ressources pour financer ses politiques de developpement. Le pays se trouve donc dans une situation ou il doit trouver des mecanismes de financement innovants et flexibles, susceptibles de ne pas aggraver la dette publique et le deficit budgetaire. Une option possible est de securiser lacces aux reallocations de droits de tirage speciaux (DTS) par le FMI a travers son instrument de fiducie pour la resilience et la durabilite (RST). Cependant, ces fonds sont soumis a une serie de conditionnalites qui les rendent difficiles dacces. Une meilleure connaissance des possibilites dacces du Senegal a ces ressources du RST est imperative pour preparer un dossier de demande de financement solide a soumettre au FMI ; ce dossier devra demontrer la capacite du Senegal a faire face aux effets negatifs des chocs que leconomie nationale a subis ces dernieres annees ainsi que la capacite a remettre cette economie sur une trajectoire de croissance forte. |
| Date: | 2024–05–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:01e320f0-3782-4fc7-96f3-f8a07106791a |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Ecosystems and Natural Habitats Environment-Forests and Forestry |
| Date: | 2024–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42324 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Infrastructure Economics and Finance-Infrastructure Finance Finance and Financial Sector Development-Insurance & Risk Mitigation Governance-Governance Diagnostic Capacity Building |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41348 |
| By: | Ngozi, Atata Scholastica; Belmondo, Tanankem Voufo; Uchenna, Efobi; Emmanuel, Orkoh |
| Abstract: | The literature suggests marked gender inequality in the use of agricultural technology despite the availability of evidence that women could be as productive as men when given equal access to agricultural resources. This underscores an urgent need to consider improving womens access to agricultural technology to ensure sustainable provision of food for all people and particularly those in developing countries. This study addresses two specific objectives: (a) it examines gender differences in households use of farm-level technology (herbicide, pesticide, and inorganic fertilizer) and (b) it assesses the impact of the uptake of agricultural technology on farm production and food consumption with particular attention to the gender of the household head. The results of the Three Stage Least Squares (3SLS) regression reveal that households uptake of agricultural technology has a significant positive effect on their dietary diversity and food consumption expenditure per capita due to increased farm production. While these results are consistent regardless of the gender of the household head, the extent of effects for female-headed households are almost twice those for male-headed households. Therefore, an essential policy implication of our result is that the government could use input subsidies to address some of the gender gaps with regard to agricultural technology access and use. Such efforts address any entrenched inequalities in womens access to agricultural production resources and consider other socioeconomic factors such as education and landholding which contribute to gender inequality in agricultural technology uptake. |
| Date: | 2024–04–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:abfff294-296c-4f2c-8327-4c1ea5b97bce |
| By: | Kodongo, Odongo |
| Abstract: | Motivated by calls to examine whether fintech fosters effective financial inclusion, we examined how consumer engagement with the fintech ecosystem affects access to traditional financial services. Using the FinAccess Kenya Household Survey 2021 data, we constructed a novel metric of individual engagement with the fintech ecosystem and investigated how it is associated with consumption of formal traditional financial products at the microlevel. Deploying a battery of econometric procedures, we have provided robust evidence that individual engagement with the fintech ecosystem is positively associated with use of formal traditional financial products. The positive impact of individual engagement with the fintech ecosystem on their use of traditional financial products is transmitted though reduction of the distance barrier and by fostering the consumption of financial products by traditionally disfavoured population segments. We have provided several policy guides anchored on these findings. |
| Date: | 2024–07–17 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:b3a2fad3-1c4f-4e95-9cd3-611652fcad81 |
| By: | Rocha, Dediel Junior Amaral; Cordova, Ulisses Arruda; Flaresso, Jefferson Araujo; Neto, Joseli Stradioto |
| Abstract: | This study investigated the forage dry matter yield, winter hardiness, and season type of various winter oat genotypes from the Epagri germplasm bank in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Key findings include: Significant yield variation: Genotypes displayed a wide range in dry matter yield, with substantial decreases observed between 2021 and 2023, potentially due to weather and planting date changes. Winter hardiness diversity: Scores ranged from highly tolerant (1) to highly susceptible (3), highlighting the potential for breeding programs to select winter-hardy lines. Multiple season types: Genotypes were classified as winter, spring, or alternative based on heading date, offering flexibility for year-round grazing depending on specific needs. Yield-hardiness relationship: A negative correlation suggests that as winter hardiness increases, yield may also increase. No yield-season type association: Season type did not significantly impact overall yield. |
| Date: | 2023–12–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:5ed73_v1 |
| By: | Atata, Scholastica Ngozi; Voufo, Belmondo Tanankem; Efobi, Uchenna; Orkoh, Emmanuel |
| Abstract: | The literature suggests marked gender inequality in the use of agricultural technology despite the availability of evidence that women could be as productive as men when given equal access to agricultural resources. This underscores an urgent need to consider improving womens access to agricultural technology to ensure the sustainable provision of food for all people, and particularly those in developing countries. This study addresses two specific objectives. It: (a) examines gender differences in households use of farm-level technology (herbicides, pesticides and inorganic fertilizer); and (b) assesses the impact of the uptake of agricultural technology on farm production and food consumption, paying particular attention to the gender of the household head. The results of a three-stage least squares (3SLS) regression reveal that households uptake of agricultural technology has a significant positive effect on their dietary diversity and food consumption expenditure per capita due to increased farm production. While these results are consistent regardless of the gender of the household head, the extent of effects for female-headed households is almost double that for male-headed households. Therefore, an essential policy implication of our result is that the government could use input subsidies to address some of the gender gaps with regard to agricultural technology access and use. Such efforts should address any entrenched inequalities in womens access to agricultural production resources and consider other socioeconomic factors such as education and landholding, which contribute to gender inequality in agricultural technology uptake. |
| Date: | 2024–04–29 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:525e023d-3b0f-4292-a7dc-ab17139e357a |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Climate Change and Environment Health, Nutrition and Population-Climate Change and Health Infrastructure Economics and Finance-Infrastructure Economics |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41339 |
| By: | Nadine Henderson;Paul Oyalo;Ellie Tunnicliffe;Hania El Banhawi;SooChin Yen;Grace Hampson |
| Keywords: | Challenges and Solutions for Budget Impact Analysis of Gene Therapies |
| JEL: | I1 |
| Date: | 2025–03–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ohe:conres:002500 |
| By: | Dillon, Sean |
| Abstract: | This study examines the declining usage lifespan of household consumer durables in the United States between 1970 and 2018, situating the phenomenon within a heterodox political economy framework. While mainstream economic narratives attribute the rising rate of consumer durable waste over this time to “overconsumption” driven by consumer materialism, this study challenges that perspective through an empirical analysis of waste generation, consumer spending, depreciation rates, and corporate profitability within the consumer durables sector. *** The findings reveal a significant divergence between rising levels of durable goods waste and relatively stable per capita ‘real’ consumer spending, suggesting that falling product longevity is largely not demand-driven. Instead, the data indicates that manufacturers have profitably reduced product durability, as evidenced by increasing rates of geometric depreciation and a rise in total sectoral earnings without proportional increases in earnings margins. *** These findings align with the theory of “planned obsolescence, ” whereby firms deliberately shorten product lifespans to drive replacement purchases and sustain profit growth. Given that this strategy cannot be adequately explained within conventional neoclassical economic models, the article draws the Veblenian theory of “strategic sabotage” to conceptualize the deliberate underutilization of technological capacity in pursuit of pecuniary gains. The study provides both empirical and theoretical evidence that the decline in consumer durables product longevity observed between 1970 and 2018 is structurally embedded in capitalist production of consumer durables goods. |
| Keywords: | capital accumulation, obsolescence, overconsumption, sabotage, waste, United States |
| JEL: | P1 Q53 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:capwps:312938 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Energy-Renewable Energy Infrastructure Economics and Finance-Infrastructure Economics Urban Development-Regional Urban Development Environment-Sustainable Land Management Rural Development-Sustainable Land and Crop Management Environment-Sustainable Land Management |
| Date: | 2024–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41452 |
| By: | Kirui, Benard Kipyegon |
| Abstract: | Au cours de la derniere decennie, les flux d'envois de fonds vers l'Afrique subsaharienne ont augmente en moyenne de 12, 9 % et devraient s'accroitre au cours de la prochaine decennie. Environ 9, 1 % des envois de fonds vers l'Afrique subsaharienne sont absorbes par les couts de transfert, ce qui en fait la region la plus couteuse pour les destinataires d'envois de fonds. Comme il est prouve que les services d'argent mobile reduisent les couts de transaction pour les envois de fonds internes, l'introduction de services d'argent mobile pour les envois de fonds internationaux devrait avoir le meme effet. Dans ce Le Role de l'Argent Mobile dans les Envois de Fonds Internationaux : Le Cas de l'Afrique Sub-Saharienne Benard Kipyegon Kirui Octobre 2023 / No.805 DOCUMENT DE POLITIQUE GENERALE 2 Document de Politique Generale No.805 contexte, cette etude examine l'effet de l'introduction des services d'argent mobile sur les couts de transfert des envois de fonds internationaux et determine l'effet des couts de transfert des envois de fonds internationaux sur les flux d'envois de fonds internationaux. Le modele des moindres carres a variables nominales et un systeme GMM sont appliques pour repondre respectivement au premier et au deuxieme objectif. Le cout des transferts de fonds internationaux est inferieur de 46 % pour les corridors qui integrent l'argent mobile dans les canaux de transfert de fonds internationaux par rapport a ceux qui ne le font pas. Si l'on tient compte d'autres facteurs, l'ecart entre les corridors qui integrent l'argent mobile et ceux qui ne le font pas est ramene a 11, 5 %. Il est donc possible de reduire les couts des transferts de fonds en ameliorant l'interoperabilite des services transfrontaliers d'argent mobile. |
| Date: | 2024–04–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:47243269-f87b-4a0a-bd6c-59f81fd6af1e |
| By: | Passmore, Reid; Guensler, Randall; Watkins, Kari E |
| Abstract: | Many US cities aim to increase environmentally sustainable modes of transportation, such as cycling or public transit. However, the current built environment in many of these cities does not adequately support cyclists or public transit riders. Bicycle infrastructure can minimize cyclists’ exposure to high-speed automobile traffic and increase the actual and perceived safety of cycling. Bicycle infrastructure can also potentially improve connections to public transit stops and stations. However, planners lack the tools to effectively measure where bicycle infrastructure improvements will yield the best outcomes. New research from Georgia Tech addresses this problem by developing two new modeling tools, BikewaySim and TransitSim, to assess how bicycle infrastructure can affect cycling and public transit access. Using BikewaySim, the researchers modeled over 28, 000 potential cycling trips, calculating the impacts of two proposed cycling infrastructure projects in Atlanta, Georgia. Using TransitSim, the researchers modeled combined cycling and transit trips from four distinct locations in Atlanta, Georgia. This brief summarizes the findings from that research. View the NCST Project Webpage |
| Keywords: | Social and Behavioral Sciences, Bicycle lanes, bicycling, bikeways, public transit, shortest path algorithms, simulation, travel time |
| Date: | 2025–03–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cdl:itsdav:qt87k1w46r |
| By: | Thrän, Daniela; Borchers, Malgorzata; Jordan, Matthias; Lenz, Volker; Markus, Till; Matzner, Nils; Oehmichen, Katja; Otto, Danny; Radtke, Kai Sven; Reshef, Nir; Sadr, Mohammed; Siedschlag, Daniela; Wollnik, Ronja |
| Abstract: | BECCS (Bioenergie mit CO 2-Abscheidung und -Speicherung) kombiniert die CO 2- Abscheidung und -Speicherung mit der Nutzung von Bioenergie. Wichtig ist, dass die CO 2-Speicherung dauerhaft ist, was BECCS von anderen Ansätzen wie BECCU (Nutzung von CO 2) unterscheidet. In Deutschland trägt das bestehende Bioenergiesystem bereits zur erneuerbaren Energieversorgung bei, ist jedoch noch nicht auf BECCS ausgerichtet. Bei der Nutzung von biogenen Abfällen und Reststoffen könnten mit dem heutigen Bioenergieanlagenbestand über 25 Mio. t CO 2/Jahr in Form von CO 2 und Biokohle für die Abscheidung zugänglich gemacht werden. Dazu könnten bestehende Bioenergieanlagen mit hohem CO 2-Abscheidungspotenzial (z.B. Müllverbrennungsanlagen und Biomasseheizkraftwerke) für BECCS erweitert werden. Für die erfolgreiche Etablierung von BECCS sind die Erprobung verschiedener BECCS-Methoden sowie ein gesichertes Investitionsumfeld für die Entwicklung von Geschäftsmodellen und Monitoringsystemen erforderlich. BECCS in Hochtemperaturindustrieprozessen ist für ein klimaneutrales Energiesystem von großer Bedeutung und bisher noch nicht etabliert. Bei geeigneter Förderung kann BECCS diese Transformation des Energiesystems unterstützen. Für die erfolgreiche Umsetzung von BECCS sind inklusive Partizipationsstrategien notwendig, um eine breite gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz zu erreichen. Von entscheidender Bedeutung für die Umweltverträglichkeit sind die Kombination von BECCS mit naturbasierten Maßnahmen zur CO 2-Entnahme (z.B. Wiedervernässung von Mooren), die Kaskadennutzung von Biomasse und die gezielte Bioenergiebereitstellung in Sektoren, die schwer zu defossilisieren sind. Darüber hinaus muss BECCS in den bestehenden rechtlichen Rahmen integriert werden, um Umweltrisiken zu minimieren und die notwendige Infrastruktur für CO 2-Transport und -Speicherung zu schaffen. Die Aussagen und Zahlen dieser Veröffentlichung basieren auf der aktuellen Bioenergiebereitstellung und können sich unter anderen politischen, rechtlichen und sozioökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen verändern. Der optimale Beitrag von BECCS zur Klimaneutralität 2045 sollte auch mit Energie- und Klimamodellen ermittelt werden. |
| Keywords: | Bioenergie, CO2-Speicherung, Treibhausgas-Emissionen, Deutschland |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:ufzrep:313617 |
| By: | Bayale, Nimonka; Kouassi, Brigitte Kanga |
| Abstract: | This paper introduces model uncertainty into the empirical study on the determinants of development aid at the regional level. This is done by adopting a panel Bayesian model averaging approach applied to the data of G5 Sahel countries, spanning the period 19802018. Our results suggest that, among the regressors considered, those reflecting terrorist attacks, trade stakes including military expenditure, socio-economic prospects and institutional conditions tend to receive high posterior inclusion probabilities. The study explores the relationship between these regressors and foreign aid by employing the fully POLICY BRIEF The Devil is in the Details: On the Robust Determinants of Development Aid in G5 Sahel Countries Nimonka Bayale and Brigitte Kanga Kouassi October 2023 / No.810 2 Policy Brief No.810 modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS), the continuously updated fully modified (CUP-FM), the dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) long-run estimators, and the Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012) panel causality test. The results highlight three concerns that may justify aid flows towards G5 Sahel countries: (a) peace and security considerations, (b) the economic interest of donors, and (c) recipient economic needs. The paper recommends that Sahel countries should strengthen international cooperation for security and peace, in compliance with goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations (UN) and goal 13 of the African Unions (AU) Agenda 2063. |
| Date: | 2024–04–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:a59f4c7f-953c-44ed-8741-63a795dd30bf |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Environment-Natural Disasters Poverty Reduction-Poverty Reduction Strategies Poverty Reduction-Poverty and Health Gender Urban Development-Transport in Urban Areas Urban Development |
| Date: | 2024–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:42394 |
| By: | Aurélien Saussay; Zuzana Dobrotková; Sheoli Pargal |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Policies & Economics Environment-Environment and Energy Efficiency Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Growth Gender-Gender and Development |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41245 |
| By: | Safa Khan; Bryan Bonsuk Koo |
| Keywords: | Energy-Electric Power Energy-Energy Demand Energy-Energy Markets Energy-Solar Energy Energy-Energy Consumption Energy-Energy Resources Development |
| Date: | 2024–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41762 |
| By: | Yannick, Djoumessi Fosso; Bergaly, Kamdem Cyrille |
| Abstract: | Aujourd'hui, nous sommes confrontes a l'un des plus grands defis du 21e siecle : repondre aux besoins croissants de la population tout en reduisant les dommages causes par l'agriculture aux ressources naturelles, a savoir l'eau et la terre. Jusqu'a present, la litterature empirique sur l'estimation de la productivite dans l'agriculture n'a pas tenu compte de l'eau en tant qu'intrant. Etant donne qu'il s'agit d'un intrant necessaire, son utilisation efficace devient une condition prealable. L'objectif principal de cette etude etait d'examiner la croissance de la productivite dans l'agriculture en Afrique subsaharienne, en considerant l'eau comme un intrant. L'approche de la frontiere stochastique (SFA) a ete utilisee pour estimer la fonction de production agricole en incorporant l'eau comme intrant et pour deriver la productivite totale des facteurs (TFP) en utilisant un echantillon de 19 pays pour la periode 1991-2014. Les resultats du modele SFA ont montre que les coefficients classiques de la fonction de production, y compris la dotation en eau comme intrant, ont un impact significatif et positif sur la croissance de la production agricole apres correction du biais d'endogeneite potentiel. Le taux de croissance moyen de la TFP en considerant l'eau comme un intrant a ete estime a 0, 045 % par an pour l'ensemble de la periode d'echantillonnage, un chiffre considerablement inferieur a la TFP classique estimee a un taux moyen de 1 % par an. Pour la periode 1991-2001, le taux etait negatif et estime a -0, 44 % et a 0, 36 % pour la periode 2002- 2012. La meilleure performance de la periode 2002-2012 peut etre due a l'adoption significative de bonnes pratiques agricoles ainsi qu'aux progres technologiques qui ont permis d'economiser l'eau (entre -0, 08% et -0, 05% en moyenne par an). Il serait donc souhaitable de se concentrer davantage sur les bonnes pratiques en matiere d'economie d'eau, qui sont indispensables a une utilisation efficace de l'eau dans l'agriculture. |
| Date: | 2024–04–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aer:wpaper:d055328a-bf9f-436e-b038-c25296838d22 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Energy-Energy Demand Energy-Windpower |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41911 |