Research
Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
Laboratory studies suggest that improved cooking stoves can reduce indoor air pollution, improve health, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries.
Crafting Usable Knowledge for Sustainable Development
This paper distills core lessons about how researchers (scientists, engineers, planners, etc.) interested in promoting sustainable development can increase the likelihood of producing usable knowledge
The Cost of Reprocessing in China
This study is part of a series of reports the Project on Managing the Atom has produced on China’s nuclear future, particularly management of nuclear material and the nuclear fuel cycle.
Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
Outsourcing government service provision to private firms can improve efficiency and reduce rents, but there are risks that non-contractible quality will decline and that reform could be blocked by ve
The Power of Change: Innovation for Development and Deployment of Increasingly Clean Electric Power Technologies
Making Technological Innovation Work for Sustainable Development
Sustainable development requires harnessing technological innovation to improve human well-being in current and future generations.
A Fair, Efficient and Feasible Climate Agreement
Green Bonds and Land Conservation: The Evolution of a New Financing Tool
"Green Bonds" emerged as a new form of environmental financing in 2007.
Innovation for Vulnerable Farmers: Drought and Water Scarcity Adaptation Technologies
This report is a summary of themes discussed during a two-day workshop on “Innovation for Vulnerable Farmers: Drought and Water Scarcity Adaptation Technologies.” The workshop was held at Harvard Univ
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