Publications

• The Hidden Wealth of Nations: Economics of Groundwater in Times of Climate Change- Executive Summary (with Rodella, A.S., Bertone, F.), 2023, Flagship report, The World Bank Group, Washington D.C.
• Fit for (re)Purpose? A New Look at the Spatial Distribution of Agricultural Subsidies (with Ebadi, E., Russ, J.), 2023, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 
• After Big Droughts Come Big Cities: Does Drought Drive Urbanization? (with Chlouba, V., & Mukim, M.), 2023, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 
• The impact of water quality on GDP growth: Evidence from around the world (with Russ, J., Desbureaux, S., Damania, R., Rodella, A.s.), 2022, Water Security
• Mapping global hotspots and trends of water quality (1992–2010): a data driven approach (with Desbureaux, S., Mortier, F., van Vliet, MTH., Russ, J., Rodella, AS., Damania, R.), 2022, Environmental Research Letters
• Ebb and Flow. Volume 1: Water, Migration, and Development (with Russ, J. Khan, A., Damania, R., Borgomeo, E., & Jägerskog, A.), 2021, Flagship Report, The World Bank Group, Washington, DC.​​
• Ebb and Flow. Volume 2: Water in the Shadow of Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (with Borgomeo, E., Jägerskog, A., Russ, J. Khan, A., & Damania, R.), 2021, Flagship Report, The World Bank Group, Washington, DC.
• Epidemics, pandemics, and social conflict: Lessons from the past and possible scenarios for COVID-19 (with Jedwab, R., Khan, A., & Russ, J.), 2021, World Development. 
• ​Rainfall anomalies are a significant driver of cropland expansion (with Russ, J. and Damania, R.), 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 
• Does Rainfall Matter for Economic Growth? Evidence from Global Sub-National Data (1990–2014) (with Damania, R., Desbureaux, S. ) , 2020,  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 
• The Nitrogen Legacy: The Long-term Effects of Water Pollution on Human Capital ( with Russ, J., Desbureaux, S., Damania, R.,  Rodella, A.S., Ribeiro, G.), 2020, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 
• Salt of the Earth: Quantifying the Impact of Water Salinity on Global Agricultural Productivity ( with Russ, J., Damania, R., Desbureaux, S., Escurra, J., Rodella, A.S.), 2020, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 
• Impact of green water anomalies on global rainfed crop yields (with Borgomeo, E., Khan, H. F., Heino, M., Kummu, M., Brown, C., & Jägerskog, A.), 2020,  Environmental Research Letters  
• The Impact of Water Access on Short-term Migration in Rural India (with Wrenn, D.H. and Fisher-Vanden, K.), 2020, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics [ungated version]
•  Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis (with Damania, R., Desbureaux, S., Rodella, A.S., Russ, J.), 2019, 
  Flagship Report, The World Bank Group, Washington, DC. 
• Role of irrigation in changing wheat yields and heat sensitivity in India (with Lobell, D), 2019, Nature Communications 
• Uncharted Waters: The New Economics of Water Scarcity (with Damania, R., Desbureaux, S., Hyland, M., Moore, S., Islam, A., Rodella, A.S., Russ, J.), 2017, Flagship Report, The World Bank Group, Washington, DC. 
• Invisible water, visible impact: groundwater use and Indian agriculture under climate change (with Grogan, D., Frolking, S., Fisher-Vanden, K., Lammers, R.B., Wrenn, D.H., Prusevich, A., Nicholas, R.), 2016, Environmental Research Letters

     Journal Coverage: Environmental Research Web ​


Working Papers and Selected Work in Progress

• The role of farm subsidies in changing India’s water footprint  (preprint) (with Chatterjee, S. and Lamba, R. ) 
• Droughts and Deficits: The Global Impact of Droughts on Economic Growth (with Damania, R., Engle, N.)
• Is natural capital a complement to human capital? Evidence from 46 countries (with Herrera, D., Kim, H., Onder, S., Vallejos, C., Viotti, L., Damania, R)
• Socio-economic Impacts of Groundwater Depletion: A review of the evidence (with Fishman, R.)
• Downscaling GRACE-observed groundwater storage changes over Africa, Middle East, and South Asia aquifers using random forest models (with Li, C., Wang, Y., Hora, T., Rodella, A.S., Long, D.) 
  
• Water, Climate and the Business Environment: Findings from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys (Behrer, P., Islam, A., Maue, C., Gatti, R., Zhang, F.)
• Indian Crop Yield Responsiveness to Weather Shocks and Modeling Decisions ( with D'Agostino, A.)