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Beyond Electricity Access : Output-Based Aid and Rural Electrification in Ethiopia
Barnes, Douglas F. - 2016
Over the past 15 years, Ethiopia has focused on raising electrification rates, mainly by extending the national grid … since 2007 to assist the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to develop a sustainable program for expanding access to electricity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248261
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Learning from power sector reform : the case of Pakistan
Bacon, Robert W. - 2019
Pakistan's power sector underwent a substantial, if protracted, reform process. Beginning with an independent power producer program in 1994, the full unbundling of the national vertically integrated power and water utility, the Water and Power Development Authority, and the establishment of a...
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Falling short : a global survey of electricity tariff design
Foster, Vivien; Witte, Samantha - 2020
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 according to a variety of important dimensions, notably...
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Willingness to pay for electricity access in extreme poverty : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Sievert, Maximiliane; Steinbuks, Jevgenijs - 2019
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...
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Electricity access and structural transformation : evidence from Brazil's electrification
Perez-Sebastian, Fidel; Steinbuks, Jevgenijs; Féres, José - 2020
This study proposes a novel supply-side mechanism driving economic structural transformation: grid electrification. Increasing electricity availability affects the reallocation of inputs to more productive activities through generating higher returns and lowering entry costs in sectors with...
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Lights off, lights on : the effects of electricity shortages on small firms
Hardy, Morgan; McCasland, Jamie - 2019
Entrepreneurs in developing countries report that unreliable electricity imposes a serious constraint, yet little evidence exists on how blackouts impact the micro firms that account for the majority of employment. This paper estimates the effects of outages on small firms using original...
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Understanding and Assessing Impact of Transmission and Distribution Projects on Electricity Access
Mittal, Rohit - 2018
The North Eastern Region (NER) of India stretches across the eastern foothills of the Himalayan mountain range. Geographically, the region is connected to the other parts of the country through a small 'chicken neck' corridor in the state of West Bengal. With a total population of 45.6 million...
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State of Electricity Access Report 2017
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program - 2017
The State of Electricity Access Report, 2017, aims to prompt governments, donors, the private sector, civil society organizations, and practitioners to develop interventions to close the electricity access gap by integrating lessons learned with insights drawn from emerging innovative business...
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Fiscal and Welfare Impacts of Electricity Subsidies in Central America
Hernandez Ore, Marco Antonio - 2017
Central American countries spend approximately one percent of their aggregate gross domestic product subsidizing residential electricity consumption. This amount is comparable with what these countries spend on education and social assistance. The pressure that electricity subsidies exert on...
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The Development Impact of Financial Regulation : Evidence from Ethiopia and Antebellum USA
Limodio, Nicola - 2016
empirical tests are presented: 1) a regulation change by the National Bank of Ethiopia in 2011; 2) the introduction of bank … depositor repayment in bad states. In so doing, financial regulation stimulates bank profits if subsequent deposit growth … taxes in Antebellum USA (1800-1861). Analyzing bank balance sheets and long-term branch installation, the regulation effects …
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