The welfare impact of rural electrification : a reassessment of the costs and benefits ; an IEG impact evaluation /

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. Thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : World Bank, 2008.
Colección:World Bank e-Library.
Temas:
Rural electrification > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Rural electrification > Social aspects > Developing countries.
Rural electrification > Developing countries.
Électrification rurale > Pays en voie de développement.
Électrification rurale > Aspect économique > Pays en voie de développement.
Électrification rurale > Aspect social > Pays en voie de développement.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Electrical.
Rural electrification
Rural electrification > Economic aspects
Rural electrification > Social aspects
Developing countries
Rural electrification -- > Developing countries -- > Social aspects
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  • Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Executive Summary; Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE); 1 Introduction; 2 World Bank Lending for Rural Electrification; Figure 2.1 A Growing Number of Rural Electrification Projects Are in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa; Figure 2.2 Increased Energy Supply and Institutional Development Account for the Largest Share of Objectives; Figure 2.3 Gender Issues Are Increasingly Taken into Account but Still Affect the Design of Only a Minority of Energy Projects; 3 Who Benefits from Rural Electrification?

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