Improving electricity access in low-income countries is a challenging problem because of the high costs of grid … extension and low demand for grid electricity in rural areas. This study elucidates these constraints by analyzing poor … households' willingness-to-pay for different types of electricity access, including lower cost off-grid technologies. The …

Entrepreneurs in developing countries report that unreliable electricity imposes a serious constraint, yet little …

In Addis Ababa, an increasing block tariff has been used to calculate households' monthly bills for electricity and … water services. This study estimates the magnitudes of the combined water and electricity subsidies received by households … with private connections to the electricity grid and piped water network in 2016, and it evaluates the distribution of …

This paper presents an analysis of the economic impact of electricity price increases in Bangladesh. A computable … general equilibrium (CGE) model is developed and used to trace through the impact of an increase in the price of electricity … electricity to reduce the significant fiscal burden of current budget transfers to the single buyer of wholesale power - de facto …

Cooking with electricity could make a significant contribution to achieving Sustainable Development Goal No.7 by … near future. The use of energy efficient eCooking appliances can challenge the widespread perception that electricity is …

performance. The analysis finds that electricity tariffs are rarely high enough to cover the full costs of service delivery, even …

revived based on new electricity, gas, and renewable energy laws; price and subsidy adjustments; structural reforms with a …

success has occurred mostly under a state-owned utility, Electricity Vietnam. Select market-oriented reforms to date have also … long-term sustainability without jeopardizing security of supply for the fast-growing economy. Vietnam's 2004 Electricity … Law has provided the framework to develop a competitive power market, unbundle Electricity Vietnam, set prices that better …

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of electricity pricing practices and tariff structure design in more than … 60 developed and developing countries worldwide as of 2015-16. It evaluates the performance of electricity tariff designs … (or price differentiation). It also reflects on the extent to which current electricity tariff designs are well-suited to …