This paper examines how household electrification in Colombia altered fertility, women's work behaviour, and children …'s schooling. Estimation exploits plausibly exogenous variation in the cost of a household electric connection. The time …-varying distance between a municipality and the nearest hydroelectric dam is assumed to not directly impact socio-economic outcomes …

vulnerability as expected poverty (VEP) approach. The paper is based on cross-section data collected from a sample of 408 households …Previous studies on food insecurity in many developing countries, including Ethiopia, have mainly focused on current … food insecurity, lacking the ex-ante analysis. An understanding of household vulnerability to food insecurity is critically …

Large hydropower dams are at the centre of a debate weighing the value and costs of renewable energy against the risks … of climate change. The debate is especially relevant on the African continent, which offers vast hydropower potential … projects. We find that project concessions can recapture value by phasing dam build-out. Our optionality framework can help …

This paper assesses the economic benefits of 57 World Bank Group-sponsored hydropower dam plant investments. Hydropower … World Bank's long history as the largest hydropower development financier, this study investigates its performance in … supporting hydropower dams. The outcomes of this study apply to the wider hydropower development community. Of the projects in …