The Himalayan Rivers have an enormous hydropower potential that is still not exploited fully for the benefit of the …

This paper assesses the economic benefits of 57 World Bank Group-sponsored hydropower dam plant investments. Hydropower … the world. Hydropower dams are often a lower-cost option for power generation in Clean Energy Transition for addressing … global climate change. Despite its conspicuous aspects, constructing hydropower dams has been controversial. Considering the …

This study is an attempt to determine whether the need to get hydropower project appraisals perfectly right during the … Hiding Hand dominates the Malevolent Hiding Hand in the selected World Bank-financed hydropower projects (33% v. 21%) and … placing some weight on proceeding with hydropower projects that shows significant promise even if all the implantation risks …

This paper studies consumers' choice between two different water tariffs. We document a large inaction in a novel … savings they would obtain if they were to switch water tariff. Our empirical framework separates two sources of inertia …

We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South …

We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South …