A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? : Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda
More than 1.1 billion people in developing countries are lacking access to electricity. Based on the assumption that electricity is a prerequisite for human development, the United Nations has proclaimed the goal of providing electricity to all by...
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okr-10986-253042021-04-23T14:04:29Z A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? : Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda Grimm, Michael Munyehirwe, Anicet Peters, Jorg Sievert, Maximiliane sustainable energy household welfare technology adoption randomized control trials solar energy pico-photovoltaic More than 1.1 billion people in developing countries are lacking access to electricity. Based on the assumption that electricity is a prerequisite for human development, the United Nations has proclaimed the goal of providing electricity to all by 2030. In recent years, Pico-Photovoltaic kits have become a low-cost alternative to investment intensive grid electrification. Using a randomized controlled trial, the paper examines uptake and impacts of a simple Pico-Photovoltaic kit that barely exceeds the modern energy benchmark defined by the United Nations. The authors find significant positive effects on household energy expenditures and some indication for effects on health, domestic productivity, and on the environment. Since only parts of these effects are internalized, underinvestment into the technology is likely. In addition, our data show that adoption will be impeded by affordability, suggesting that policy would have to consider more direct promotion strategies such as subsidies or financing schemes to reach the UN goal. 2016-11-01T16:01:16Z 2016-11-01T16:01:16Z 2016-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26858629/first-step-up-energy-ladder-low-cost-solar-kits-households-welfare-rural-rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25304 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7859 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 Sub-Saharan Africa Rwanda |
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More than 1.1 billion people in
developing countries are lacking access to electricity.
Based on the assumption that electricity is a prerequisite
for human development, the United Nations has proclaimed the
goal of providing electricity to all by 2030. In recent
years, Pico-Photovoltaic kits have become a low-cost
alternative to investment intensive grid electrification.
Using a randomized controlled trial, the paper examines
uptake and impacts of a simple Pico-Photovoltaic kit that
barely exceeds the modern energy benchmark defined by the
United Nations. The authors find significant positive
effects on household energy expenditures and some indication
for effects on health, domestic productivity, and on the
environment. Since only parts of these effects are
internalized, underinvestment into the technology is likely.
In addition, our data show that adoption will be impeded by
affordability, suggesting that policy would have to consider
more direct promotion strategies such as subsidies or
financing schemes to reach the UN goal. |
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Working Paper |
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Grimm, Michael Munyehirwe, Anicet Peters, Jorg Sievert, Maximiliane |
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Grimm, Michael Munyehirwe, Anicet Peters, Jorg Sievert, Maximiliane |
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Grimm, Michael |
| title |
A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? : Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda |
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A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? : Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda |
| title_full |
A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? : Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda |
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A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? : Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda |
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A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? : Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda |
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first step up the energy ladder? : low cost solar kits and household's welfare in rural rwanda |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26858629/first-step-up-energy-ladder-low-cost-solar-kits-households-welfare-rural-rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25304 |
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