Publication: A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household’s Welfare in Rural Rwanda
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1564-698X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Grimm, Michael | |
| dc.contributor.author | Munyehirwe, Anicet | |
| dc.contributor.author | Peters, Jörg | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sievert, Maximiliane | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-01T16:46:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-01T16:46:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-10-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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, we examine uptake and impacts of a simple Pico-Photovoltaic kit that barely exceeds the modern energy benchmark defined by the United Nations. We 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. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | World Bank Economic Review | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/31470 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1564-698X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/31470 | |
| dc.publisher | Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | World Bank Economic Review | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo | |
| dc.subject | ELECTRICITY | |
| dc.subject | SOLAR ENERGY | |
| dc.subject | RURAL ELECTRIFICATION | |
| dc.subject | DOMESTIC PRODUCTIVITY | |
| dc.subject | WELFARE | |
| dc.subject | HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION | |
| dc.subject | ENERGY CONSUMPTION | |
| dc.subject | TECHNOLOGY | |
| dc.title | A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household’s Welfare in Rural Rwanda | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en |
| dc.type | Article de journal | fr |
| dc.type | ArtĂculo de revista | es |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| okr.crossref.title | A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household’s Welfare in Rural Rwanda | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Journal Article | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
| okr.identifier.doi | 10.1093/wber/lhw052 | |
| okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/31470 | |
| okr.journal.nbpages | 631-49 | |
| okr.language.supported | en | |
| okr.peerreview | Academic Peer Review | |
| okr.region.administrative | Africa | |
| okr.region.country | Rwanda | |
| okr.topic | Energy::Energy Consumption | |
| okr.topic | Energy::Energy Policies & Economics | |
| okr.topic | Energy::Renewable Energy | |
| okr.topic | Energy::Solar Energy | |
| okr.topic | Poverty Reduction::Living Standards | |
| okr.unit | Development Research Group, Development Economics | |
| okr.volume | 31(3) | |
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