Abstract Over 90% of Malawi’s electricity generation and irrigation depend on Lake Malawi outflows into the Shire River. Recent lake... Read more
Research article
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Globally, semi-arid lands (SALs) are home to approximately one billion people, including some of the poorest and least food secure.... Read more
Ramsey famously condemned discounting “future enjoyments” as “ethically indefensible”. Suppes enunciated an equity criterion which, when social choice is utilitarian,... Read more
New scholarship has identified trends, constraints, and opportunities for climate litigation in the Global South. While countries in the Global... Read more
Climate change and global poverty are the most pressing issues of this century. If insufficiently addressed, climate change will exacerbate... Read more
Cases involving climate change have been litigated in the courts for some time, but new directions and trends have started... Read more
This paper examines the link between extreme weather events and national aid and transfers in the Philippines between 1992 and... Read more
Economic challenges as a result of the recent fluctuations in oil prices have exposed unprecedented risks to Kuwait and the... Read more
With the aid of a lab experiment, we explored how imperfect monitoring and punishment networks impacted appropriation, punishment and beliefs... Read more
Does air quality influence road safety? We estimate the effect of increased air pollution on the number of road traffic... Read more