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

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted economic activity in India. Adjusting policies to contain trans- mission while …. This paper shows that daily electricity consumption and monthly nighttime light intensity can proxy for economic activity … in India. Energy consumption is compared with the predictions of a consumption model that explains 90 percent of the …

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 …

. Increasing electricity availability affects the reallocation of inputs to more productive activities through generating higher … these two dimensions, followed by services and agriculture. The expansion of electricity infrastructure explains about 17 …