Grid electrification should be combined with complementary infrastructure for greater social and economic benefits
EfD Authors:
Key findings: While electricity is a key to economic development, nearly 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity.
This study analyses the socioeconomic benefits of electrification in Uganda.
The findings show that grid connectivity increases the number of work hours, female employment, household expenditure (meaning that the household is able to buy more of the goods that it needs), and key educational outcomes.
Furthermore, the benefits from grid connectivity increase with time.
Does access to electricity accelerate home-based business creation in rural Ethiopia?
EfD Authors:
KEY MESSAGESMost of the businesses in rural areas are home-based, i.e., the household runs businesses such as food sales, restaurants, mobile, and electronics shops, barbering, etc., within their residence. Rural households’ business ownership increased from 17.5% in 2011 to 28.5% in 2016. We found that: |
Tenancy and energy choices in Rwanda. A replication and extension study
Grid electrification should be combined with complementary infrastructure for greater social and economic benefits
EfD Authors:
Key findings:
While electricity is a key to economic development, nearly 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity.
This study analyses the socioeconomic benefits of electrification in Uganda.
The findings show that grid connectivity increases the number of work hours, female employment, household expenditure (meaning that the household is able to buy more of the goods that it needs), and key educational outcomes.
Furthermore, the benefits from grid connectivity increase with time.
Unmasking the mystery of the varying benefits from electrification
The evidence demonstrating the welfare impacts of electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa remains weak and inconsistent, leading some to assert that emphasis on access, in and of itself, is misplaced and that more should be done to identify the complementary conditions that are needed to deliver the anticipated economic growth and improved welfare outcomes. This project seeks to contribute to this debate, by focusing on the impacts of Uganda’s electrification efforts.
Household energy expenditure in Ghana: A double-hurdle model approach
EfD Authors:
This study examines the factors affecting household energy expenditures in Ghana. We employ the
double-hurdle model to investigate whether the factors affecting fuel choice differ from those affecting
fuel expenditures. The following results are obtained using a nationwide representative household dataset.
First, we show that the factors influencing the household’s decision to participate in either the LPG or
charcoal market differ from those influencing how much is spent. Second, households that already use