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 electricity access, including lower cost off-grid technologies. The …

The investment requirements to achieve the United Nations’ universal electricity access goal by 2030 are estimated at … Africa, at least in the shorter run. In many cases, the low levels of electricity consumption can also be served by low …

electricity access. We account for self-selection and regional differences by using households from the electrified villages to …

Providing electricity to the unconnected 1.1 billion people in developing countries is one of the top political … whether the objective and the associated costs are justified by the value that target beneficiaries assign to electricity. We … provide experimental evidence on the revealed willingness-to-pay (WTP) for three types of off-grid solar electricity devices …

Providing electricity to the unconnected 1.1 billion people in developing countries is one of the top political … whether the objective and the associated costs are justified by the value that target beneficiaries assign to electricity. We … provide experimental evidence on the revealed willingness-to-pay (WTP) for three types of off-grid solar electricity devices …

The cost of providing electricity to the unconnected 1.1 billion people in developing countries is significant. High … electricity, but not enough to reach cost-covering prices. Randomly assigned payment periods do not alter this finding. We …

Achieving universal electricity access by 2030 is one of the energy-related development targets in Nigeria and the … electricity access rate is estimated at 62%, with urban being 91% and rural 30%. In line with the set SDG7 target of achieving … universal electricity access by 2030, this study examines the least-cost options for providing electricity access to thousands …