Energy & Environment

copper mine in Peru, reflecting this articles focus on how the benefits of natural resource extraction were used effectively in Peru

How Peru transformed natural resource wealth into local economic development

Peru’s experience, where transfers to local governments were funded by natural resource tax revenues and had a host of economic benefits in non-extractive areas, highlights the importance of fiscal redistribution in taking advantage of natural resour...

Antonella Bancalari Juan Pablo Rud

Published

04.02.25

captured sharks being sold at market, reflecting this article focus on human's role in extinction

How humans are accelerating possible mass extinctions - and a plan to stop it

Extinction risks are rising for many species, but policy is slow to react. What are the ingredients to human-made mass extinctions, how may we prevent them?

Energy & Environment

M. Scott Taylor Rolf Weder

Published

28.01.25

Closing loopholes can dramatically improve financial incentives for conservation

Paying landowners to conserve their forested land is a leading approach to prevent deforestation. Evidence from Mexico shows that smarter contract design can more than quadruple cost-effectiveness.

Energy & Environment

Santiago Izquierdo-Tort Seema Jayachandran Santiago Saavedra

Published

22.01.25

Exposure to microplastics lowers birthweights and damages infant health

A large-scale study establishes what is believed to be the first causal link between in-utero exposure to microplastics and low birthweights.

Energy & Environment

Xinming Du Shan Zhang Eric Zou

Published

10.01.25

Can political representation boost forest conservation?

Despite fears that devolving control over forest resources to local communities may accelerate deforestation and worsen the climate crisis, the large-scale transfer of political power to India’s historically marginalised Scheduled Tribes significantl...

Energy & Environment

Saad Gulzar Apoorva Lal Benjamin Pasquale

Published

13.01.25

How expanding internet broadband coverage lifted millions out of poverty

Mobile broadband coverage led to large and significant gains in household consumption and reductions in poverty in Nigeria.

Energy & Environment

Taka Masaki Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán Hernan Winkler Tobias Pfutze Kalvin Bahia Pau Castells Genaro Cruz Xavier Pedrós

Published

09.12.24

Why Pakistan is locked into overpriced and environmentally damaging power sector contracts

Annual capacity payments to private power producers are six times higher than Pakistan’s annual healthcare budget, yet nearly half of the power capacity remains unused. What explains this phenomenon?

Energy & Environment

Sugandha Srivastav

Published

27.11.24

Detailed visualization of a global supply chain

Stronger institutions improve environmental quality through specialisation

National air and water quality benefit from strong financial, judicial, and labour market institutions, through comparative advantage. Improving national institutions attracts clean industries but reshuffles dirty production to other countries.

Energy & Environment

Joseph S. Shapiro

Published

14.11.24

Financing climate adaptation: What works, what doesn’t, and can carbon credits help to bridge the gap?

The first episode of Development Dialogues, our new series with Yale's Economic Growth Center, explores how climate finance can reach those who need it most.

Energy & Environment

Namrata Kala Rohini Pande Catherine Wolfram

Published

05.11.24