Impacts of rural electrification in Rwanda

By Gunther Bensch, Jochen Kluve, Jörg Peters. Social Science Research Network, 2011

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Rural electrification is believed to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. In this paper, we investigate electrification impacts on different indicators. We use household data that we collected in Rwanda in villages with and without electricity access. We account for self-selection and regional differences by using households from the electrified villages to estimate the probability to connect for all households – including those in the non-electrified villages. Based on these probabilities we identify counterfactual households and find robust evidence for positive effects on lighting usage. Effects on income and children's home studying become insignificant if regional differences are accounted for.

Subfields: Nutrition and Dietetics, Pollution, Safety Research

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Household electrification and indoor air pollution (2017, unknown): “Other recent studies find no such relationships (e.g. Bernard and Torero, 2015; Bensch et al., 2011; Burlig and Preonas, 2016).”
Impacts of rural electrification revisited – the African context (2016, unknown): “More details on these data sets can be found in Bensch, Kluve, and Peters (2011) for Rwanda, Harsdorff and Peters (2010) for Benin and Bensch, Peters, and Schraml (2010) for Mozambique.”
A First Step Up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda (2016, unknown): “2012) but not in a previous study in Rwanda on the effects of mini‐grid electrification (Bensch et al. 2011).”
Long-term Gains from Electrification in Rural India (2015, result): “Other studies, including Bensch et al. (2011) using data for Rwanda, do not find such impacts.”
Access to modern energy: a review of barriers, drivers and impacts (2016, background): “The first and most widespread electric appliance adopted in newly electrified contexts is lighting, particularly in remote areas (Barnes, 2007; Bensch et al., 2011; Bernard, 2012).”
Long-Term Impacts of Household Electrification in Rural India (2013, background): “Using data for India, Khandker et al. (2012) claim proportionate impacts of electrification on income of the order of 25-50%.5 Other studies, including Bensch et al. (2011) using data for Rwanda, do not find such impacts.”