Prioritizing public investments requires information on relative returns that are difficult to derive from disparate evaluation studies. This paper presents a 'hybrid' approach that combines ex post evaluation data with an economy-wide model for experimenting ex ante with alternative investment...

This study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the state of emergency implemented by the Government of Mozambique on household consumption poverty. To predict changes in income and the associated effects on poverty and inequality, we rely on macroeconomic impacts estimated by Betho...

The European Union (EU) has set targets for gradually reducing greenhouse gas emissions through 2050. One of the instruments involved is the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive, which specifies a 20 per cent renewable energy target for the EU by 2020. This paper reviews tensions and institutional...