Zero Carbon Action Plan
In order to achieve zero carbon emissions, the US will need a plan. SDGPI is part of a coalition of the nation's leading experts who have laid out the path…
Associate Teaching Professor of Economics and Associate Dean of Student Affairs at GPS
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San Diego Regional Decarbonization Framework
The Regional Decarbonization Framework (RDF) anchors the San Diego region in emerging best practices from across the nation and globally. It charts science–based, feasible pathways toward expeditious deep decarbonization, proposing…
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OBSOLETE San Diego Regional Decarbonization Framework
The Regional Decarbonization Framework is intended to anchor the San Diego region in emerging best practices from across the nation and globally. It seeks to chart science-based pathways towards deep…
Adaptation through Social Policy: Temperature, Violence and Cash Transfers in Mexico
Cash transfers attenuate one-half to two-thirds of the effects of higher temperatures on homicides. Our results not only suggest that social protection programs can help the poor adapt to rising…
Zero Carbon Action Plan
In order to achieve zero carbon emissions, the US will need a plan. SDGPI is part of a coalition of the nation's leading experts who have laid out the path…
Sustainable Development Solutions Network USA
The SDSN USA is hosted by three universities: Howard, Carnegie Mellon, and UC San Diego. Together these universities, along with a network of more than 100 higher education institutions, are…
The impact of an insecticide treated bed net campaign on all-cause child mortality
Providing long-lasting insecticidal nets led to a 41% decline in under-5 mortality risk among children living in rural areas with higher than average malaria burden. Targeting bednets to areas with…
The benefits of taxing cigarettes in middle income countries
In a review of economic arguments for cigarette taxation this paper finds that increases in tobacco excise tax can result in substantial smoking cessation particularly among people on low incomes.…
A Malaria Ecology Index Predicted Spatial and Temporal Variation of Malaria Burden and Efficacy of Antimalarial Interventions Based on African Serological Data
Researchers developed a Malaria Ecology Index using climatological and ecological data and found strong associations between malaria ecology and malaria testing data. Using both insecticide-treated nets or indoor residual spraying…
Fertilizing growth: Agricultural inputs and their effects in economic development
This paper estimates the role of agronomic inputs in cereal yield improvements and the consequences for countries' processes of structural change. It is estimated that a half-ton increase in staple…