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Taking Stock of Economic Regulation of Power Utilities in the Developing World : A Literature Review
Rodriguez Pardina, Martin A. - 2019
The model of power sector reform that emerged during the 1990s placed considerable emphasis on the creation of an independent regulatory agency, with a strong orientation toward technically-driven tariff-setting procedures. Despite widespread uptake of regulation, implementation has proved to be...
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The Economics of Sustainability : Causes and Consequences of Energy Market Transformation
Arezki, Rabah - 2019
The paper deals with the economics of sustainability associated with the transformation of energy markets. It emphasizes the interrelations between technical changes and energy markets and how in turn the resulting transformations alter the sustainability of economic systems that are dependent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012869976
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Contracting for the Second Best in Dysfunctional Electricity Markets
Nikandrova, Arina - 2017
Power pools constitute a set of sometimes complex institutional arrangements for efficiency-enhancing coordination among power systems. Where such institutional arrangements do not exist, there still can be scope for voluntary electricity-sharing agreements among power systems. This paper uses a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973035
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Power Market Structure and Performance
Vagliasindi, Maria - 2017
Unbundling power generation, transmission, and distribution is not an end itself, but rather a means to achieve better performance. The key objective of the analytical framework of this paper is to explore the links between alternative market structures and performance (in terms of access,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975141
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Powering Up Developing Countries Through Integration?
Auriol, Emmanuelle - 2017
Power market integration is analyzed in a two-country model with nationally regulated firms and costly public funds. If the generation costs between the two countries are too similar, negative business stealing outweighs efficiency gains so that the subsequent integration welfare decreases in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966114
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Can Solar Lanterns Improve Youth Academic Performance? Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
Kudo, Yuya - 2017
This study conducted an experimental intervention in unelectrified areas of northern Bangladesh to investigate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964646
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Long-Term Growth Scenarios for Bangladesh
Sinha, Rishabh - 2017
Bangladesh has achieved robust economic growth over the past 10 years, with real GDP growing by more than 6 percent on … forward. A simple growth model calibrated to the Bangladesh economy is used to analyze various growth scenarios. The main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964733
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Demand for Information on Environmental Health Risk, Mode of Delivery, and Behavioral Change : Evidence from Sonargaon, Bangladesh
Tarozzi, Alessandro - 2020
Millions of villagers in Bangladesh are exposed to arsenic by drinking contaminated water from private wells. Testing … randomized controlled trial conducted in 112 villages in Bangladesh to evaluate the effectiveness of different test selling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838791
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Short and Long-Run Labor Market Effects of Developing Country Exports : Evidence from Bangladesh
Robertson, Raymond - 2020
the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) -- spread through Bangladesh's labor markets. Although the end of the MFA was arguably … exogenous to Bangladesh, the authors instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. The paper compares …, Bangladesh's export shock was sector specific, limited predominantly to the female-intensive garment and textile sector. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839869
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Assessing Deprivation with an Ordinal Variable : Theory and Application to Sanitation Deprivation in Bangladesh
Seth, Suman - 2020
empirical illustration documenting changes in sanitation deprivation in Bangladesh showcases the measures' ability to identify …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843249