Senior Research Manager: Gershon Feder
This World Bank research program covers a broad set of issues, including land policies, community driven development, irrigation and water resources management, agricultural technology diffusion, rural finance, rural and national infrastructure, motorization, rural-urban migration, economic geography and urban development, industrial and agricultural pollution, environmental health, land use and ecosystem preservation, and climate change.
Through its in-house Spatial Analysis Unit, the team has also developed a strong capability in the spatial analysis of economic issues including the use of GIS.
Research Highlights 2007 |  | Determinants of a Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Cell Phone Coverage
March 27, 2008
Africa exhibits great disparities in coverage by cell telephone systems and in this research, the authors investigate the determinants of these disparities with an econometric model that employs locational information for cell-phone towers across Sub-Saharan Africa. Full Article
|  |  World Bank Research on the Challenges of Adapting to Climate Change
December 3, 2007
The World Bank conducts rigorous research on climate change to guide its operational strategies and offer better advice to member countries. An important aspect of this research agenda is its focus on adaptation to climate change – an issue that has received increasing attention since Kyoto. For most UNFCCC parties with relatively low emissions, adaptation is the critical challenge in framing policies that respond to climate change. Full article
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