Refereed Publications

  1. Eskander, S., Islam, A. and Kamal, M., 2025. Corruption in cyclone relief and reconstruction: Evidence from a public fund distribution in Bangladesh. Accepted - The Journal of Development Studies. 
  2. Gannon, K.E., Eskander, S.M., Avila-Uribe, A., Castellano, E., Diop, M. and Agol, D., 2025. The role of gender in firm-level climate change adaptation behaviour: Insights from small businesses in Senegal and Kenya. Climate Risk Management, 48, p.100699.
  3. Eskander, S.M. and Barbier, E.B., 2024. Famine at birth: long-term health effects of the 1974–75 Bangladesh famine. Environment and Development Economics, pp.1-21.
  4. Ahsanuzzaman, Eskander, S., Islam, A. and Wang, L.C., 2024. Non-price energy conservation information and household energy consumption in a developing country: Evidence from an RCT. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 127, p.103022. [Replication package]
  5. Eskander, S., Higham, C., Hamley, M., Setzer, J. and Fankhauser, S., 2024. Testing the ambition loop: Do country-and company-level net-zero targets reinforce each other? A global comparison. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 26(3-4), pp.266-282.
  6. Li, S., Meng, J., Hubacek, K., Eskander, S.M., Li, Y., Chen, P. and Guan, D., 2024. Revisiting Copenhagen climate mitigation targets. Nature Climate Change, 14(5), pp.468-475.
  7. Eskander, S.M. and Fankhauser, S., 2023. The impact of climate legislation on trade-related carbon emissions 1996–2018. Environmental and Resource Economics, 85(1), pp.167-194. [Grantham WP version]
  8. Eskander, S.M. and Steele, P., 2023. Private disaster expenditures by rural Bangladeshi households: evidence from survey data. Climate and Development, 15(10), pp.876-884.
  9. Eskander, S.M. and Istiak, K., 2023. Energy efficiency and CO2 emissions: evidence from the UK universities. Applied Economics, 55(41), pp.4727-4744.
  10. Eskander, S.M. and Barbier, E.B., 2023. Adaptation to natural disasters through the agricultural land rental market: evidence from Bangladesh. Land Economics, 99(1), pp.141-160. [Selected for 2018 ASSA/AEA Poster Session Interview]. ​​  [GRI WP236]  [ASSA/AEA]  [World Bank]  [EconThatMatters] 
  11. Eskander, S. 2022. The heterogeneity of energy transition. Nature Energy 7, 574-575
  12. Gannon, K., E. Castellano, S. Eskander, D. Agol, M. Diop, D. Conway, and E. Sprout. (2022). The triple differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs to climate risk in sub-Saharan Africa: Gendered barriers and enablers to private sector adaptation. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
  13. Eskander, S. and E. Barbier. 2022. Long-term Impacts of the 1970 Cyclone in Bangladesh. World Development, Volume 152, April 2022, 105793.
  14. Eskander, S. and S. Fankhauser. 2022. Income diversification and income inequality: Household responses to the 2013 floods in Pakistan. Sustainability, 14(1), 453.
  15. Eskander, S., and J. Nitschke (2021). Energy use and CO2 emissions in the UK universities: An extended Kaya identity analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 309 (1), 127199. [In-press version]
  16. Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, and J. Setzer (2021). Global lessons from climate change legislation and litigation. Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, 2(1), 44-82. [NBER No. W27365] 
  17. Eskander, S. and S. Fankhauser (2020). Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from national climate legislation. Nature Climate Change, 1-7. doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0831-z  
  18. Crick, F., S. Eskander, S. Fankhauser, and M. Diop. 2018. How do African SMEs respond to climate risks? Evidence from Kenya and Senegal. World Development 2018 Aug 1; 108:157-168. 
  19. Eskander, S. , E. Barbier, and B. Gilbert. 2018. Fishing and Non-Fishing Income Decisions: The Role of Human Capital and Family Structure. Land Economics, volume 94, issue 1, February 2018. [In-press version]
  20. Eskander, S. and E. Barbier. 2017, Tenure Security, Human Capital and Soil Conservation in an Overlapping Generation Rural Economy, Ecological Economics, Volume 135, May 2017, Pages 176-185. [In-press version]

Working Papers

  • Eskander, S., and M. Mahmud. Health impact of climate change and mitigating effects of climate policies: Evidence from Bangladesh
  • Djayusman, R. and S. Eskander. Determinants of religious and general giving: Empirical evidence from Indonesia.
  • Acosta, A. and S. Eskander. Does efficiency improvement offset emissions? Evidence from the global beef production. Under review
  • ​​Eskander, S., T. Janus, and E. Barbier. Linking the unlinked: Trans-boundary water-sharing under water-for-leverage negotiations
  • Eskander, S., N. Ushakova, S. Khadka, S. Choudhury and J. Shogren. Are multilateral agreements more efficient than bilateral? Evidence from experimental data

Non-refereed publications

  1. Shaikh Eskander & Paul Steele (2019). Rural households in Bangladesh are shouldering the country’s climate burden, The Daily Star October 25, 2019.
  2. Crick, F., & Eskander, S. M. (2018). How businesses in sub-Saharan Africa are adapting to climate change. LSE Business Review.

Policy Reports and Permanent WPs

  1. Ludi, Eva, et al. Pathways to resilience in semi-arid economies (PRISE) CARIAA consortium report February 2014-November 2018. Pathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economies (PRISE) Consortium, 2019.
  2. Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, and S. Jha. 2016. Do Natural Disasters Change Savings and Employment Choices? Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan. Economics Working Paper Series 505, Asian Development Bank, December 2016
  3. Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, S. Jha, S. Batool, and A. Qaisrani. 2017. Do Natural Disasters Change Savings and Employment Choices? Evidence from Pakistan. Grantham Research Institute WP Series 293, London School of Economics.  ​
  4. Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, and S. Jha. 2017. Do Natural Disasters Change Savings and Employment Choices? Evidence from Bangladesh. ​
  5. Eskander, S. 2011. A Policy Scan of ODA in the Education Sector: Bangladesh, in MLA Khan et al (eds.) “ODA for Education in Asia and the Pacific”, Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education, 43-66
  6. Ellis, K., R. Singh, S. Eskander, and I. Huq. 2010. Assessing the Economic Impact of Competition: Findings from Bangladesh, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
  7. Eskander, S., and D. Akter. 2005. Gender Parity (Non)-achievement in Education MDG: Bangladesh Update, Education Theme, ActionAid Bangladesh
  8. Eskander, S., and H. Bekkers. 2008. Poverty-profiling of Some Selected Rural and Urban Areas of Bangladesh, Working Paper 1, Poverty Study Series, SwissContact-Katalyst
  9. Eskander, S., M. Tanvir and H.A. Farooque. 2008. Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh Education Sector: A Case Study of PEDP-II, ActionAid Bangladesh
  10. Eskander, S. 2007. Do Wage Bill Caps Prevent the Hiring of Teachers? ActionAid International ​