Water quantity—too much in the case of floods, or too little in the case of droughts—grabs
public attention and the media spotlight. Water quality—being predominantly invisible and …

The 21st century will witness the collision of two powerful forces-burgeoning population growth,
together with a changing climate. With population growth, water scarcity will proliferate to …

Since COVID-19 broke out, there has been renewed interest in understanding the economic
and social dynamics of historical and more recent epidemics and pandemics, from the …

Rainfall anomalies have long occupied center stage in policy discussions, and understanding
their impacts on agricultural production has become more important as climate change …

Weather anomalies have a range of adverse contemporaneous impacts on health and socio-economic
outcomes. This paper tests if temperature anomalies around the time of birth can …

Roads bring significant economic benefits that are vital for development. But they are often
also the precursors to deforestation and other adverse environmental impacts. This paper …

We examine the long-term impacts of drought exposure on women born in 19 countries in
sub-Saharan Africa, across four decades. We find that women who were exposed to drought …

This article seeks to address an old and recurring theme in development economics—the
slow adoption of new technologies by farmers in many developing countries. We explore a …

Migration shapes the lives of those who move and transforms the geographies and economies
of their points of departure and destinations alike. The water sector, and the availability of …

Clean water is key for sustainable development. However, large gaps in monitoring data
limit our understanding of global hotspots of poor water quality and their evolution over time. …