Overview
Marc Jeuland is a Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, with a joint appointment in the Duke Global Health Institute. His research interests include nonmarket valuation, water and sanitation, environmental health, energy poverty and transitions, trans-boundary water resource planning and management, and the impacts and economics of climate change.
Jeuland's recent research includes work to understand the economic implications of climate change for water resources projects on transboundary river systems, a range of primary data collection projects related to analysis of adoption of environmental health improving technology, and analysis of the costs and benefits of environmental health interventions in developing countries. He has conducted multiple field experiments on issues such as: the role of water quality information in affecting household water and hygiene behaviors; the demand for, and impacts of cleaner cookstoves on household well-being; the long-term sustainability and effects of rural sanitation and water supply projects. He has also collected data on preferences for a range of environmental health improvements including cholera vaccines, household water treatment technologies and improved cookstoves. In the energy and development domain, he is currently working on several projects with the Energy Access Project at Duke, and is a co-founder of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI), along with Professor Subhrendu Pattanayak and scholars from Chile, China and Ethiopia. His energy portfolio includes work related to evaluation of cleaner cooking interventions, measuring energy access and reliability, and reviews of the drivers and impacts literature related to energy.
Jeuland has worked in the past with the World Bank, USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, UNICEF, and many field-based NGOs and community-based implementing organizations.
Prior to his graduate studies and work with the World Bank, Jeuland was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa, where he designed and monitored construction of a pilot wastewater treatment system and trained management personnel at the plant’s managing firm.
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Willingness to pay for climate mitigation: Evidence from Latin America
Journal article Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · May 1, 2026 The ability of countries in Latin America to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by mid-century, the target set by the Paris Agreement, will depend critically on citizen support. To gauge this support, we administered a contingent valuation sur ... Full text CiteBeyond access: clean energy use in low-income and middle-income countries.
Journal article The Lancet. Global health · April 2026 Access to clean energy-here defined as electricity, liquefied petroleum gas, biogas, and ethanol-has increased substantially in low-income and middle-income countries over the past three decades. However, millions still lack reliable and affordable access ... Full text CiteThe viability of solar mini-grid irrigation as a replacement for diesel technology in Ethiopia
Journal article Environmental Research: Energy · March 31, 2026 AbstractPairing electric irrigation systems with mini-grids in communities that currently lack electricity has the potential to both increase the productivity and resilience of smallholder farms and contr ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Multi-year monitoring and evaluation of GEAPP portfolio
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Social Impact · 2026 - 2028Benin II Off-Grid Energy Access Project Evaluation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Social Impact · 2018 - 2027Powering Progress: A Multidimensional Approach to Assessing and Improving Energy Access at Health Facilities
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Link Foundation · 2024 - 2026View All Grants