Willingness to pay for electricity access in extreme poverty: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

被引：56

作者：

Sievert, Maximiliane ^{[1
]}

Steinbuks, Jevgenijs ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] RWI Leibniz Inst Econ Res, Essen, Germany

[2] World Bank, Dev Res Grp, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2020年 / 128卷

关键词：

Electricity access; Extreme poverty; Sub-Saharan Africa; Willingness-to-pay; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; IMPACTS; DEMAND;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104859

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Improving electricity access in low-income countries is complicated because of high service costs and low electricity consumption levels in rural areas. This study elucidates this problem by analyzing poor Sub-Saharan African households' willingness-to-pay for different types of electricity access, including both grid and lower cost off-grid technologies. We show both theoretically and empirically that at low levels of income, low-cost decentralized off-grid solar technologies provide the highest utility from the households' perspective. We, therefore, recommend concentrating the near-term rural household electrification efforts on these technologies. (C) 2019 The World Bank. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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