Documents & Reports
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Who benefits most from rural electrification ? evidence in India (English)
This paper applies an econometric analysis to estimate the average and distribution benefits of rural electrification using rich household survey data from India. The results support that rural electrification...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6095 Document Date: June 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ali,Rubaba,Barnes,Douglas French,Khandker,Shahidur R.,Samad,Hussain A.
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Energy poverty in rural and urban India : are the energy poor also income poor ? (English)
Energy poverty is a frequently used term among energy specialists, but unfortunately the concept is rather loosely defined. Several existing approaches measure energy poverty by defining an energy poverty...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5463 Document Date: November 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khandker,Shahidur R.,Barnes,Douglas French,Samad,Hussain A.
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Energy access, efficiency, and poverty : how many households are energy poor in Bangladesh ? (English)
Access to energy, especially modern sources, is a key to any development initiative. Based on cross-section data from a 2004 survey of some 2,300 households in rural Bangladesh, this paper studies the...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5332 Document Date: June 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barnes,Douglas French,Khandker,Shahidur R.,Samad,Hussain A.
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Welfare impacts of rural electrification : evidence from Vietnam (English)
Access to electricity is crucial for economic development 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...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5057 Document Date: September 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barnes,Douglas French,Khandker,Shahidur R.,Nguyen,Minh Huu,Samad,Hussain A.
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Welfare impacts of rural electrification : a case study from Bangladesh (English)
Lack of access to electricity is one of the major impediments to growth and development of the rural economies in developing countries. That is why access to modern energy, in particular to electricity...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4859 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khandker,Shahidur R.,Barnes,Douglas French,Samad,Hussain A.