Herath Gunatilake

South Asia Department (SARD)


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  • | Papers and Briefs | South Asia Working Papers

    Hydropower Development and Economic Growth in Nepal

    This paper assesses how developing a part of Nepal’s hydropower potential results in stronger economic growth and significantly reduces poverty while delivering environmental benefits and climate change mitigation.

  • | Papers and Briefs | South Asia Working Papers

    Valuation of Health Impacts of Air Pollution from Power Plants in Asia: A Practical Guide

    Assigning a monetary value for air quality reduction and associated health outcomes of electricity generation is both difficult and essential. This paper reviews the Impact Pathway Approach for valuing health costs of air pollution.

  • | Papers and Briefs | South Asia Working Papers

    Opportunity Cost of Natural Gas Subsidies in Bangladesh

    This paper estimates the opportunity cost of underpricing or subsidizing gas in Bangladesh.

  • | Papers and Briefs | Economics Working Papers

    Energy Policy Options for Sustainable Development in Bangladesh

    Bangladesh today faces a different future than it did decades ago when bundant natural gas seemed to be the key to prosperity. This study uses a computable general equilibrium model to evaluate major energy policy issues facing Bangladesh.

  • | Papers and Briefs | Economics Working Papers

    Valuing Electricity Service Attributes: A Choice Experiment Study in Madhya Pradesh, India

    This study unbundles and values electricity service attributes using a choice experiment study covering 2,083 households in Madhya Pradesh, India.

  • | Papers and Briefs | South Asia Working Papers

    Willingness to Pay for Good Quality, Uninterrupted Power Supply in Madhya Pradesh, India

    This study undertakes a contingent valuation survey using a stratified random sample of 2,083 households in rural Madhya Pradesh, India, with the objective of estimating the benefits of an improved electricity supply to rural households. Survey results clearly show that existing electricity services are very poor and rural households consider good quality uninterrupted power supply as a top development priority.

  • | Papers and Briefs | South Asia Working Papers

    Willingness to Pay and Inclusive Tariff Designs for Improved Water Supply Services in Khulna, Bangladesh

    The Khulna Water Supply Project aims at improving the access to safe water through the piped network in Khulna City, the third largest city in Bangladesh with a population of approximately 1 million.

  • | Books

    Energy Trade in South Asia: Opportunities and Challenges

    The South Asia Regional Energy Study was completed as an important component of the technical assistance project Preparing the Energy Sector Dialogue and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Energy Center Capacity Development.

  • | Papers and Briefs | South Asia Working Papers

    Financial and Economic Assessment of Biodiesel Production and Use in India

    Biofuels are receiving increased attention because they have the potential to enhance the energy security of energy-deficit countries while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. They also offer opportunities for inclusive rural development. Prevailing administered prices do not provide adequate financial incentives to produce biodiesel in India, as this paper shows. In contrast to financial analysis, social cost-benefit analysis reveals that biodiesel production from jatropha and pongamia is economically viable.

  • | Papers and Briefs | Economics Working Papers

    Energy Security and Economics of Indian Biofuel Strategy in a Global Context

    Biodiesel expansion, when combined with energy efficiency improvements and food productivity increases, could provide India much better opportunities for enhanced energy security, food security, and climate change mitigation.