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We explore this question programmatically by looking at the demand for, and impacts of different levels of energy access in Senegal solar lanterns , Argentina solar home-systems and Kenya grid connections. We offer different subsidies in the various projects to elicit demand curves for solar-energy products and produce evidence that will help policymakers learn how to set efficient subsidy levels to balance expanding access with fiscal sustainability for service providers.
Moving beyond access, there is emerging evidence that focuses on the importance of providing reliable electricity for industrial development and the effects of rural electrification on household welfare finding strong negative effects on firm revenues and producer surplus. The program is currently working with two large infrastructure investment projects in Nepal and Bangladesh—both of which face acute energy constraints—to understand the impacts of improving reliable energy access by rehabilitating and expanding transmission lines and upgrading grid substations.
The overuse of natural resources can be a result of externalities, unclear property, or high discounting of the future. Since natural-resource management has both local and global implications. Finding the right interventions and policy approaches to address these issues presents a challenge. For instance, a systematic review on the effectiveness of one of the most common policy interventions used to overcome coordination failures—the creation of decentralized forest management groups—found limited evidence of reduced deforestation rates and could not reject the possibility that these programs have negative economic consequences Samii et.
The objective of this program is to generate knowledge on effective ways to address the causes of unsustainable use of natural resources. One common intervention to address the externalities associated with sustainable forest and land management is Payment for Ecosystem Services PES. The program includes four PES projects that offer financial incentives to landholders to reduce deforestation and promote sustainable land management in Uganda, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Mexico.
Here, we explore the role PES incentives play in reducing deforestation, but also whether alternative livelihood options may help ensure the economic well-being of beneficiaries and increase the sustainability of these programs. We also explore the dynamics associated with incentivizing long-term behavior change. For instance, in Uganda we explore the impact of PES after incentives are removed. Does deforestation remain low, return to pre-intervention rates, or increase to catch up with total deforestation in control areas? Each scenario has plausible justifications, but results in very different interpretations around the overall role that PES schemes can play to mitigate our impact on the climate.
Since the program began two years ago, the focus on using rigorous evidence in the energy and environment sectors has only modestly increased. It still requires a more concerted effort to catch up to other evidence-led sectors like education and health. The mapping of evidence to development projects is currently skewed in favor of subtopics that are more amenable to impact evaluation. While the impacts of energy access have been a preoccupation in current economic literature, the reality is that the vast majority of development funds are directed towards generation and supply.
Tackling questions on the drivers of energy availability to connected customers will be the primary focus of the energy agenda, moving forward. This is more aligned with the major development challenges in the sector. The program aims to work with utilities and other service providers to explore the interplay between pricing, service delivery guarantees, billing and payment schemes and enforcement.
This will help identify the bottlenecks and associated solutions to optimally utilize electricity infrastructure and provide reliable energy to households and industry. For environment topics, we aim to expand the focus area beyond financial incentives, to also include co-management practices and regulatory influences to better represent the major development tools available to practitioners and policymakers.
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