Relative to other climate protection measures, public investments in the dissemination of improved biomass cooking stoves provide a very effective low cost measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. More than three billion people in developing countries rely on inefficient cooking stoves...

More than 1.1 billion people in developing countries lack access to electricity. Based on the assumption that electricity is a prerequisite for economic development, the UN has proclaimed the goal of providing electricity to all by 2030. This will cost an estimated 640 billion USD. New empirical...

Zwei neue RWI-Studien zeigen: Je größer der Bevölkerungsanteil von Geflüchteten in einer Region ist, desto besser schneiden dort rechte Parteien bei der nächsten Wahl ab. Eine Analyse auf Kreisebene findet auch Zugewinne für explizit migrationsfreundliche Parteien wie die Grünen,...