Publications
Understanding the adaptation deficit: why are poor countries more vulnerable to climate events than rich countries?
Understanding the adaptation deficit: why are poor countries more vulnerable to climate events than rich countries? read more »
Climate variability, child labour and schooling: evidence on the intensive and extensive margin
How does future income uncertainty affect child labour and human capital accumulation? Using a unique panel dataset, we examine the effect of changes in climate variability … read more »
Reconciling conflicting evidence on the origins of comparative development: a finite mixture model approach
In this paper, I revisit the controversy over the fundamental sources of comparative development. In contrast to much of the previous literature, my focus is on … read more »
An experimental investigation of the impacts of persuasion and information acquisition of non-use values for climate change adaptation
Focusing on the estimation of WTP for climate change adaptation projects in vulnerable areas around the world, this study explores the divergence between economic non-use values … read more »
Development aid and climate finance
This paper discusses the implications of climate change for official transfers from rich countries (the North) to poor countries (the South). The concern is no longer … read more »
Do flood insurance schemes in developing countries provide incentives to reduce physical risks?
Risk transfer, including insurance, is widely recognised as a tool for increasing financial resilience to severe weather events, such as floods. The application of this mechanism … read more »
Cities, Human Security and Global Environmental Change
Simon, D., and Leck, H. 2013. In O’Brien, K., Wolf, J., and Sygna, L. (eds.) A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative approaches Research, Policy and Action, Earthscan.
Social capital, climate change and soil conservation investment: panel data evidence from the Highlands of Ethiopia
The paper analyses the impact of climate change and local social networks on farmers’ soil conservation behaviour in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Farm household level … read more »
Natural catastrophe insurance in China: policy and regulatory drivers for the agricultural and the property sectors
In: Orie, M. and Stahel, W. R. (eds.) The Geneva Reports Risk and Insurance Research Insurers’ contributions to disaster reduction—a series of case studies 7. The Geneva Association: Geneva, Switzerland. … read more »
Tenure insecurity and investment in soil conservation. Evidence from Malawi
Tenure insecurity can have important consequences for the conservation of natural resources. Land titling is often considered a solution to the problem of weak investment incentives … read more »
