Welfare impacts of rural electrification : evidence from Vietnam (English)

This brief summarizes the welfare impacts of rural electrification: evidence from Vietnam for the period 2000-2004. Access to electricity is a key to any development initiative and there is a growing body of literature on the impact of rural electrification on development. However, most studies have so far relied on cross-sectional surveys comparing households with and without electricity, which have well known causal attribution problems. This paper...

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Khandker,Shahidur R.;

Barnes,Douglas French;

Samad,Hussain A.;

Nguyen,Minh Huu;
Document Date
2013/08/14
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
81520
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Viet Nam,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2013/10/07
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Welfare impacts of rural electrification : evidence from Vietnam
Keywords
Access to Electricity

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Khandker,Shahidur R.; Barnes,Douglas French; Samad,Hussain A.; Nguyen,Minh Huu.

Welfare impacts of rural electrification : evidence from Vietnam (English). enGender Impact : the World Bank's Gender Impact Evaluation Database Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/310371468176671648

Welfare impacts of rural electrification : evidence from Vietnam (English)

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