This paper reports an experiment in 640 Indonesian villages on three approaches to target the poor: proxy means tests (PMT), where assets…
Using the bidding prices of participants in China's national wind project concession programs from 2003 to 2007, this paper built up a…
One of the refreshing aspects of Christopher Layne’s work over the years has been his willingness to challenge conventional wisdom. But now…
Agent-based Modeling of the Effects of Social Norms on Enrollment in Payments for Ecosystem Services
Conservation investments are increasingly being implemented through payments for ecosystem services (PES) for the protection and…
Indonesia's financial sector has two paradoxes: (i) Indonesia has been a global leader in microfinance for the past 25 years, but access to…
While this year's disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant, the worst since Chernobyl in 1986, was caused by the one-two punch of a huge…
China urbanization is associated with both increases in per capita income and greenhouse gas emissions. This article uses micro data to…
This paper identifies emerging trends in the world economy during the next decade. The first is that China will overtake the U.S. in terms…
The article discusses the
factors that contributed to the growth in transportation problems in
Jakarta, Indonesia. The key factors to…
How can people and organisations best respond to emergency events that are significantly beyond the boundaries of what they had generally…