Abstract Recent proliferation of gold cyanidation activities in Siaya County, Kenya, has sparked concerns over its environmental and health impacts, exacerbated by the proximity of the gold leaching…

Abstract Climate policies such as carbon taxes for emissions reduction could be detrimental to social welfare in developing countries. High energy prices could induce substitution towards traditional…

This paper is written from the EfD discussion papers DP 24-02 and DP 22-09, which are among the required deliverables of the research project MS-890 funded by Environment for Development (EfD) at the...

Every year, 245 million women are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). Climate change is hypothesized to exacerbate this figure through its disruptive impact on household livelihoods, among…

We study if prior exposure to one environmental health technology – improved sanitation – complements or substitutes for additional household investments in another such technology — an electric…

Abstract In 2017, the Economic Community of West African States launched its Policy for Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access with each member state tasked to create a National Action Plan (NAP). This…

Abstract This review explores how climate change exacerbates gender inequalities and the potential of social protection programs to alleviate these impacts. It examines how women disproportionately…

Abstract: The lived realities of many rural communities, and even the urban poor in Kenya, are characterised by poverty, inequality, high dependence on natural resources, rainfed agriculture, and…

Abstract: Kenya, like many other countries, is increasingly relying on a Blue Economy approach to ensure its sustainable development, an approach founded on the premise of poverty eradication by…

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how important solidarity and prosocial behavior are in society. However, it is not well understood how solidarity behavior can be encouraged in such extreme cases. This…