17 JANUARY, 2023: The Research and Publications Office at IIMB will host a research seminar by Soumya Balasubramanya, World Bank, on Monday, 23 January 2023, at 4.00 pm at P21. The seminar is titled ‘Water-energy-climate ‘nexus’: truthiness and knowledge gaps’.
With rising physical and economic scarcity of water, increasing or sustaining agricultural production while limiting or reducing consumptive water use is an urgent challenge. This talk will examine the case of four countries—India, China, western United States and Israel—where there is a long history of irrigated agriculture with significant public and private investments to understand why this goal is difficult to achieve.
It will also take a deep(ish) dive into examining a case study from India on an emerging class of ‘positive incentives’ solutions to reduce agricultural water use, reflecting on why these may have limited efficacy and unintended consequences. The seminar will conclude with a reflection on solar-PV irrigation in South Asia, highlighting misconceptions and risks that need urgent examination for policy.
Soumya conducts rigorous research on poverty and development challenges in Asia and Africa, at the nexus of water, food, health and energy, using methods of programme evaluation, micro-econometrics and non-market valuation. Gender, equity and environmental considerations are important components of her work.
Her research contributes to advancing knowledge on understanding ‘fractal’ vulnerabilities faced by the poor, and has been used by development finance institutions and recipient governments to inform policy, and to adaptively course-correct ongoing investments and programmes.
Additionally, she contributes to building research capacity in low, middle and high income countries by mentoring and advising early-career persons interested in using economics to explore issues at the nexus of poverty, water, food, health, energy and environment. Soumya, who was affiliated with CGIAR between 2011 and 2021, is currently affiliated with the World Bank and can be reached at sbalasubramanya@worldbank.org.
Her webpage Link is https://soumyabalasubramanya.com/
17 JANUARY, 2023: The Research and Publications Office at IIMB will host a research seminar by Soumya Balasubramanya, World Bank, on Monday, 23 January 2023, at 4.00 pm at P21. The seminar is titled ‘Water-energy-climate ‘nexus’: truthiness and knowledge gaps’.
With rising physical and economic scarcity of water, increasing or sustaining agricultural production while limiting or reducing consumptive water use is an urgent challenge. This talk will examine the case of four countries—India, China, western United States and Israel—where there is a long history of irrigated agriculture with significant public and private investments to understand why this goal is difficult to achieve.
It will also take a deep(ish) dive into examining a case study from India on an emerging class of ‘positive incentives’ solutions to reduce agricultural water use, reflecting on why these may have limited efficacy and unintended consequences. The seminar will conclude with a reflection on solar-PV irrigation in South Asia, highlighting misconceptions and risks that need urgent examination for policy.
Soumya conducts rigorous research on poverty and development challenges in Asia and Africa, at the nexus of water, food, health and energy, using methods of programme evaluation, micro-econometrics and non-market valuation. Gender, equity and environmental considerations are important components of her work.
Her research contributes to advancing knowledge on understanding ‘fractal’ vulnerabilities faced by the poor, and has been used by development finance institutions and recipient governments to inform policy, and to adaptively course-correct ongoing investments and programmes.
Additionally, she contributes to building research capacity in low, middle and high income countries by mentoring and advising early-career persons interested in using economics to explore issues at the nexus of poverty, water, food, health, energy and environment. Soumya, who was affiliated with CGIAR between 2011 and 2021, is currently affiliated with the World Bank and can be reached at sbalasubramanya@worldbank.org.
Her webpage Link is https://soumyabalasubramanya.com/