This paper estimates the welfare impact of rural electrification in India using nationally representative household panel survey data for 2005 and 2012.
The European Commission research programs in partnership with Udayana University and the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund recently conducted an international workshop in Bali to discuss a wide range of issues related to bioenergy.
Access to electricity ensures increased economic productivity, healthcare services and better educational prospects and is thus crucial for socio-economic development.
In this paper, the authors provide evidence on how the provision of social infrastructure such as reliable electricity can be leveraged to increase taxation in developing countries, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).