This paper employs survey data from 110,398 firms in 108 developing countries to determine the firm and country characteristics that affect the probability that a firm is energy poor, i.e., the firm will report that electricity is an obstacle to the firm's operations. We find that firms that...

This paper employs data from 103 developing countries between 1981 and 2012 to examine the determinants of private savings in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a focus on the effect of financial liberalization on private savings. It also analyses why the savings rate for SSA countries is lower than...