Sustainability of a Residential CFL Distribution Program : Evidence from Ethiopia
Energy-efficient products generally offer a win-win proposition, because they pay for themselves. End users can reduce their energy costs, and power utilities can avoid costly investments in extra generation capacity. Moreover, energy efficiency ca...
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okr-10986-250552021-04-23T14:04:28Z Sustainability of a Residential CFL Distribution Program : Evidence from Ethiopia Diaw, Issa Elahi, Raihan Iimi, Atsushi energy efficiency random-effects least-squares fixed-effects least-squares instrumental variable regression Energy-efficient products generally offer a win-win proposition, because they pay for themselves. End users can reduce their energy costs, and power utilities can avoid costly investments in extra generation capacity. Moreover, energy efficiency can contribute to mitigating global warming. This paper casts light on the sustainability of the residential use of compact fluorescent lamps after the free compact fluorescent lamp distribution program in Ethiopia. It is found that the direct program effect has been sustained for at least four years after the program. The effect of the distributed compact fluorescent lamps may taper off, if some of the program beneficiaries reinstall relatively cheap incandescent bulbs when the compact fluorescent lamps are burned out. However, many households replaced burned out compact fluorescent lamps with new compact fluorescent lamps. This effect is found to be statistically significant, particularly among relatively low-income households, whose demand is more price-elastic. All the indications are that program participants were generally convinced that compact fluorescent lamp bulbs are more cost-effective in the long run and the program effect is sustained over time. 2016-09-13T15:08:28Z 2016-09-13T15:08:28Z 2016-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26744576/sustainability-residential-cfl-distribution-program-evidence-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25055 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7811 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Ethiopia |
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Energy-efficient products generally
offer a win-win proposition, because they pay for
themselves. End users can reduce their energy costs, and
power utilities can avoid costly investments in extra
generation capacity. Moreover, energy efficiency can
contribute to mitigating global warming. This paper casts
light on the sustainability of the residential use of
compact fluorescent lamps after the free compact fluorescent
lamp distribution program in Ethiopia. It is found that the
direct program effect has been sustained for at least four
years after the program. The effect of the distributed
compact fluorescent lamps may taper off, if some of the
program beneficiaries reinstall relatively cheap
incandescent bulbs when the compact fluorescent lamps are
burned out. However, many households replaced burned out
compact fluorescent lamps with new compact fluorescent
lamps. This effect is found to be statistically significant,
particularly among relatively low-income households, whose
demand is more price-elastic. All the indications are that
program participants were generally convinced that compact
fluorescent lamp bulbs are more cost-effective in the long
run and the program effect is sustained over time. |
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Working Paper |
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Diaw, Issa Elahi, Raihan Iimi, Atsushi |
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Diaw, Issa Elahi, Raihan Iimi, Atsushi |
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Diaw, Issa |
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Sustainability of a Residential CFL Distribution Program : Evidence from Ethiopia |
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Sustainability of a Residential CFL Distribution Program : Evidence from Ethiopia |
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Sustainability of a Residential CFL Distribution Program : Evidence from Ethiopia |
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Sustainability of a Residential CFL Distribution Program : Evidence from Ethiopia |
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Sustainability of a Residential CFL Distribution Program : Evidence from Ethiopia |
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sustainability of a residential cfl distribution program : evidence from ethiopia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26744576/sustainability-residential-cfl-distribution-program-evidence-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25055 |
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