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The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability
The 21st century will witness the collision of two powerful forces - burgeoning population growth, together with a changing climate. With population g...
Volume 1. Water, Migration, and Development
Migration shapes the lives of those who move and transforms the geographies and economies of their points of departure and destinations alike. The wat...
The Invisible Water Crisis
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...
Estimating the Economic Benefits of Roads in Africa
Roads are the arteries through which the economy pulses. They connect sellers to markets, workers to jobs, students to education, and the sick to hosp...
Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital
The great expansion of economic activity since the end of World War II has caused an unprecedented rise in living standards, but it has also caused ra...
The 21st century will witness the collision of two powerful forces -- burgeoning population growth, together with a changing climate. With population ...
Using Spatial Analysis to Reconcile Road Development with Forest Conservation
The natural endowment of the Democrat Republic of Congo, in the form of land, minerals, and forests, is unparalleled. The right mix of policies has th...
Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies
Clean air, land, and oceans are critical for human health and nutrition and underpin much of the world's economy. Yet they suffer from degradation, po...
Volume 2. Water in the Shadow of Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa Region encapsulates many of the issues surrounding water and human mobility. It is the most water-scarce region in th...
"Anderson, Damania, and Jackson develop a common-agency lobbying model to help understand why North America and the European Union have adopted such d...
Theory and Evidence
This paper examines the reasons why corruption and policy distortions tend to exhibit a high degree of persistence in certain regimes. We identify cir...
Lobbying in Contracting Industries
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The Middle East and North Africa is witnessing the collision of water scarcity with unprecedented levels of forced displacement and conflict. Water in...
This paper presents a somewhat novel approach to explore the economic contribution of ecosystems. It develops linked models to capture connections bet...
A common-agency lobbying model is developed to help understand why North America and the European Union have adopted such different policies toward ge...
This report examines the use of natural capital (natural resources and services) around the world. It finds that most countries are using these resour...
The Strategic Role of Investment in Lobbying
Most regulatory policies require government agencies to monitor the degree of compliance. This paper outlines a strategy which may be employed to prev...