I am a Ph.D. student in Environmental Economics & Policy at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Sanford School of Public Policy. My research focuses on policy solutions to interconnected challenges related to conservation, poverty, energy access, and global health in developing contexts.
Contact: emily.decker@duke.edu
My research explores how information, incentives, and institutions shape responses to environmental, economic, and health risks. My publications are also collected on Semantic Scholar.
How policy and finance can make decarbonization more effective, durable, and equitable.
How better measurement and economic evidence can improve public-health decisions under uncertainty.
How households, communities, businesses, and governments prepare for and recover from climate shocks.
Can a novel energy innovation promote forest restoration, sustainable livelihoods, and clean cooking in northeast Madagascar?
A cost-effectiveness study compares clinical grading with ocular swabs and dried blood spots in trachoma surveys in Tanzania and Mozambique.
A mixed-methods study in Somaliland explores the implications of a pilot livestock leasing practice for the resilience of households, businesses, and communities to shocks
