Rural electrification
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Does rural electrification cause economic development?
The economic benefits of expanding electricity access likely do not outweigh the costs in small rural villages, but likely do in larger communities.
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How does access to electricity affect people’s lives?
Free electricity connections in rural South African households changed home production technologies and induced more women to work in the market
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The limits of rural electrification
Kenya's work connecting rural communities to the national electricity grid allows us to examine the impact of electrification on people's lives