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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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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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This paper estimates the welfare impact of rural electrification in India using nationally representative household panel survey data for 2005 and 2012. Analysis based on a propensity-score-weighted fixed-effects model finds that while electrification is associated with a broad range of social...
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ahead of other elements may limit the market effectiveness and even make subsequent reform steps more difficult …
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The power sector reform experiences of developing countries vary greatly. To help explain this from a political economy … investments. Reform advocates never took political economy issues into full consideration. Yet, policy makers have had … sociopolitical as well as technical motives for reform, such as crisis response. International norms and competition for foreign …
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benefits of reform from materializing until much later. The failed first attempt with the Bujagali Hydropower independent power … substantial improvements in operational efficiency and accelerating service coverage. Although the reform model was eventually …
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Two successive waves of reform have fundamentally altered the structure and organization of Kenya's vibrant power … wave -- beginning in 2002 and led by domestic reform champions -- the thrust of first-wave reforms was continued, with the …
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The Philippines power sector underwent a substantial and largely complete reform process. Following a severe shortage … National Power Corporation extremely burdensome, the Electric Power Industry Reform Act was passed in 2001. This was intended … at the wholesale and retail levels. Although the implementation of the full reform program took longer than originally …
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Pakistan's power sector underwent a substantial, if protracted, reform process. Beginning with an independent power …
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It has been more than two decades since the widespread initiation of global power sector reforms and restructuring. However, empirical evidence on the intended microeconomic, macroeconomic, and quality-related impacts of reforms across developing countries is lacking. This paper comprehensively...
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