This study investigates the determinants of solar pump utilization and its impacts in India, using a two-period before-after panel dataset from a primary survey of 814 farmers across nine districts in…

This paper presents evidence on the role of local labour markets in driving the persistent and gendered impact of rainfall shocks on learning outcomes in rural India. The authors find contrasting…

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns profoundly affected healthcare systems and many aspects of social life globally. It also affected several environmental conditions, ranging from air to…

Abstract Carbon taxation is suggested as an efficient instrument for the clean energy transition. However, high resulting prices for coal and electricity could adversely impact industrial performance…

Human–elephant conflict (HEC) frequently results in human and elephant mortality, posing major social justice and conservation concerns across Asia and Africa. Although a variety of interventions have…

Does heat increase the probability of missing work for formal sector workers? We address this question by analysing nearly three years of daily data on 274 employees across 86 locations of a large…

In most Indian states, electricity for irrigation is unmetered but rationed through limited daily supply hours. This study estimates the impact of the 24-hour agricultural electricity policy…

Cool roof technologies, especially cool roof paint, offer a low-cost, easily scalable, and low-emission alternative to energy-intensive air-conditioning for reducing heat exposure in buildings – an…

Abstract This study advances the discourse on Demand Response adaptation in developing economies by introducing a novel Socio-Technical Adaptive Framework for Demand Response ( STAF-DR), which…

This paper examines how heat stress influences gendered time allocation across diverse activity domains in a developing country context. We match high-resolution climate data (ERA5 global reanalysis…