eBook

Welfare Impact of Rural Electrification

Bank, World

2008

Overview

Rural electrification can have many benefits-not only bringing lighting, but improving the quality of health care, spreading information and supporting productive enterprises. The extent of these benefits has been questioned, arguing that they may be insufficient to justify the investment costs. This book quantifies these benefits. It finds that the benefits can indeed be high, substantially outweighing the costs, and that consumer willingness to pay is generally sufficient to achieve financial sustainability. However, benefits could be increased further by providing smart subsidies to assist connections for poorer households, promote productive uses and further consumer education.

• Publisher: World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC : World Bank
• Subject: ABSENCE OF CREDIT / ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY / ACCESS TO ENERGY / ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY / AFFORDABILITY / AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH / ALLOCATION OF FUNDS / APPROACH / AVAILABILITY / BALANCE / BANK CONDITIONALITY / BANK FINANCING / BANK LENDING / BANK LOANS / BASIC NEED / BIOMASS / BIOMASS ENERGY / CAPACITY BUILDING / CAPITAL COST / CARBON DIOXIDE / CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS / CITIES / CLEAN WATER / CLINICS / COMMUNES / COMMUNITIES / COMMUNITY DEMAND / COMMUNITY FACILITIES / CONSUMER EDUCATION / COOPERATIVES / COST DIFFERENTIALS / COST-EFFECTIVENESS / COUNTERFACTUAL / CREDIT MARKETS / CROSS-SUBSIDIES / DEBT / DEBT RELIEF / DEMAND CURVE / Developing countries / DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE / DIESEL / DIESEL GENERATORS / DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS / DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY / Economic aspects / ECONOMIC CRITERIA / ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY / ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION / EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS / EFFICIENT ENERGY USE / ELECTRICITY / ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION / ELECTRICITY SERVICES / ELECTRICITY SUPPLY / ELECTRICITY TARIFF / ELECTRICITY UTILITIES / ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA / EMPLOYMENT / ENERGY DEVELOPMENT / ENERGY EFFICIENCY / ENERGY SOURCES / ENERGY STRATEGY / ENERGY SUPPLY / ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES / ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION / EXPENDITURE / EXPENDITURES / EXPLOITATION / FAMILIES / FEMALE / FINANCES / FINANCIAL BURDEN / FINANCIAL HEALTH / FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT / FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE / FINANCIAL REFORMS / FINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENT / FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM / FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY / FINANCIAL VIABILITY / FIRST LOAN / FIRST LOANS / FUEL / FUEL SWITCHING / FUELS / GENDER / GENDER ASPECT / GENDER DIMENSIONS / GENDER ISSUES / GENDER POLICY / GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT / GRID CONNECTION / GRID CONNECTIONS / GRID ELECTRICITY / GRID ELECTRIFICATION / GRID EXPANSION / GRID EXTENSION / GRID INTEGRATION / GRID SYSTEMS / HANDICRAFTS / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HOUSEHOLDS / HOUSES / HYDRO POWER / HYDROELECTRIC PLANT / HYDROELECTRIC POWER / HYDROPOWER / ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS / INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT / INTERNATIONAL BANK / INTERNATIONAL FINANCE / INTERVENTIONS / IRRIGATION / KEROSENE / LATIN AMERICAN / LENDER / LINES OF CREDIT / LOAN / NEW COMMUNITIES / NUTRITION / NUTRITION OUTCOMES / PEAK DEMAND / PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY / PHOTOVOLTAIC] SYSTEMS / PILOT PROJECTS / PLANTATIONS / POOR / POOR COMMUNITIES / POOR HOUSEHOLDS / POOR PEOPLE / POVERTY FOCUS / POVERTY IMPACT / POVERTY INCIDENCE / POVERTY LINE / POVERTY REDUCTION / POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY / POWER / POWER DISTRIBUTION / POWER GENERATION / POWER PROJECT / POWER SECTOR / POWER STATION / PRICE OF ELECTRICITY / PRICE OF OIL / RATES OF RETURN / REMOTE AREAS / REMOTE COMMUNITIES / REMOTE LOCATIONS / RENEWABLE ENERGY / RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES / REPAYMENT / REPAYMENT PERIODS / RESETTLEMENT / RURAL / RURAL AREAS / RURAL COMMUNITIES / RURAL DEVELOPMENT / RURAL ELECTRIFICATION / RURAL ENERGY / RURAL HOUSEHOLDS / RURAL INCOME / RURAL INCOME GENERATION / RURAL INCOMES / RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE / RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT / RURAL POOR / RURAL POVERTY / RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION / RURAL POWER / RURAL TRANSFORMATION / RURAL VILLAGES / SHOPS / SMALL BUSINESSES / SMALL TOWNS / Social aspects / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT / SOCIAL FUNDS / SOCIAL IMPACTS / SOCIAL WELFARE / SOLAR ENERGY / SOLAR HOME SYSTEM / SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS / SOLAR PANELS / SOLAR POWER / SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA / SUBSIDIARY / SUBSIDIZATION / SUPPLY COSTS / SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY / TARGETING / TARIFF LEVELS / TARIFF STRUCTURES / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / THERMAL POWER / TOWNS / TRANSMISSION GRID / TRANSMISSION LINE / TRANSMISSION LINE LOSSES / TRANSPORT / URBAN AREAS / UTILITY COMPANY / VILLAGE / VILLAGES / VOLTAGE / WAR / WIND / WIND POWER / WOMAN
• ISBN: 0821373676, 9780821373675