Govinda R. Timilsina

Govinda R. Timilsina is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States and has established a research profile primarily in economics, energy, and environmental science. Their work engages heavily with topics such as climate change policy and economics, energy and environmental impacts, and economic growth related to fiscal and energy policies.

Their recent papers include:

• Are renewable energy technologies cost competitive for electricity generation?, 2021, Renewable Energy
• Carbon Taxes, 2022, Journal of Economic Literature
• Infrastructure, Economic Growth, and Poverty: A Review, 2020, World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
• Economics of energy subsidy reforms in Bangladesh, 2020, Energy Policy
• How would an emissions trading scheme affect provincial economies in China: Insights from a computable general equilibrium model, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Their frequent coauthors include:

• Sunil Malla
• Samuel Sebsibie
• Anna Alberini
• Martin P. Heger
• Gal Hochman

Govinda R. Timilsina's publications often appear in venues such as:

• Energy Policy
• SSRN Electronic Journal
• Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
• PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
• Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy

They have a significant number of book publications, mainly under the World Bank's eBooks collections, including:

• Demystifying the costs of Electricity Generation Technologies, 2020
• How Much does Latin America Gain from Enhanced Cross-Border Electricity Trade in the Short Run?, 2021
• How Much does Physical Infrastructure Contribute to Economic Growth? An Empirical Analysis, 2021
• Power System Implications of Subsidy Removal, Regional Electricity Trade, and Carbon Constraints in MENA Economies, 2020
• Carbon Tax in an Economy with Informality: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Côte D'Ivoire, 2021
• Do Investments in Clean Technologies Reduce Production Costs? Insights from the Literature, 2021
• Natural Disaster, Infrastructure, and Income Distribution: Empirical Evidence from Global Data, 2023
• How Valuable is the Reliability of Residential Electricity Supply in Low-Income Countries? Evidence from Nepal, 2020
• Economics of Distributed Photovoltaics: An Illustration from Bangladesh, 2021
• Who Should Drive Green Technology Transitions in Developing Countries: State-Owned Enterprises versus Private Firms, 2023

Additional book publications appear in the Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks series, including titles such as:

• Economic and Policy Analysis for Emission Reduction from the Brick Industry in Nepal, 2024
• The Effect of Pricing Instruments on CO2 Emissions: Empirical Evidence from Australia, 2024
• Economic and Distributional Impacts of Selected Carbon Pricing Policies for the Arab Republic of Egypt, 2024
• Economics of Household Cooking Using Electricity in Nepal, 2025

They have also contributed to World Bank policy research working papers with works including:

• Distributional Effects of Carbon Tax in Ethiopia: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis, 2023
• Why do Indian States Differ in Their Infrastructure Development?, 2022
• The Impact of COVID-19 on Electricity Generation: An Empirical Investigation, 2022

Their main fields of study cover:

• Economics, Econometrics and Finance
• Energy
• Environmental Science

Subfields include:

• Economics and Econometrics
• Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
• Pollution
• Environmental Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The core topics explored in their research are:

• Climate Change Policy and Economics
• Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
• Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
• Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
• Energy and Environment Impacts
• Environmental Impact and Sustainability
• Global Energy and Sustainability Research