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Electricity Access and Structural Transformation : Evidence from Brazil's Electrification
Perez‐Sebastian, Fidel - 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 - 2020
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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Benefits of Electrification and the Role of Reliability : Evidence from India
Samad, Hussain A. - 2017
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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Magnitude and Distribution of Electricity and Water Subsidies for Households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Cardenas, Helena - 2019
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...
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The Development Impact of Financial Regulation : Evidence from Ethiopia and Antebellum USA
Limodio, Nicola - 2017
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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Lessons from International Experience with Electricity Market Monitoring
Wolak, Frank - 2005
The author first describes those features of the electricity supply industry that make a prospective market monitoring process essential to a well-functioning wholesale market. Some of these features are shared with the securities industry, although the technology of electricity production and...
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The Benefits of Solar Home Systems : An Analysis from Bangladesh
Samad, Hussain A. - 2017
The Government of Bangladesh, with help from the World Bank and other donors, has provided aid to a local agency called Infrastructure Development Company Limited and its partner organizations to devise a credit scheme for marketing solar home system units and making these an affordable...
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Some Economic Consequences of the Transition from Civil War to Peace
Azam, Jean-Paul - 2017
Drawing on evidence from Africa - especially Ethiopia and Uganda - the authors of this volume draw conclusions about …
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Measuring the Economic Impact of Climate Change on Ethiopian Agriculture : Ricardian Approach
Deressa, Temesgen Tadesse - 2016
This study uses the Ricardian approach to analyze the impact of climate change on Ethiopian agriculture and to describe farmer adaptations to varying environmental factors. The study analyzes data from 11 of the country's 18 agro-ecological zones, representing more than 74 percent of the...
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Consumption Risk, Technology Adoption, and Poverty Traps : Evidence from Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan - 2016
explored in panel data for Ethiopia. Historical rainfall distributions are used to identify the counterfactual consumption risk …
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