Welfare impacts of rural electrification. A case study from Bangladesh.

Autor/inn/en	Khandker, Shahidur R.; Barnes, Douglas F.; Samad, Hussain A.
Titel	Welfare impacts of rural electrification. A case study from Bangladesh.
Quelle	Washington, DC: World Bank, Development Research Group, Sustainable Rural and Urban Development Team (2009), 37 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Policy research working paper. 4859
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen; Literaturangaben S. 25-27
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.1596/1813-9450-4859
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Ländlicher Raum; Energieversorgung; Ausgaben; Arbeitspapier; Haushaltseinkommen; Bangladesch
Abstract	"Lack of access to electricity is one of the major impediments to growth and development of the rural economies in developing countries. That is why access to modern energy, in particular to electricity, has been one of the priority themes of the World Bank and other development organizations. Using a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2005 of some 20,000 households in rural Bangladesh, this paper studies the welfare impacts of households' grid connectivity. Based on rigorous econometric estimation techniques, this study finds that grid electrification has significant positive impacts on households' income, expenditure, and educational outcomes. For example, the gain in total income due to electrification can be as much as 30 percent and as low as 9 percent. Benefits go up steadily as household exposure to grid electrification (measured by duration) increases and eventually reach a plateau. This paper also finds that rich households benefit more from electrification than poor households. Finally, estimates also show that income benefits of electrification on an average exceed cost by a wide margin. " (World Bank web site).
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2009/4