Jörg Ankel?Peters|Maximiliane Sievert
Impacts of rural electrification revisited – the African context
RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research|University of the Witwatersrand|RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
investment requirements achieve united nations universal electricity access goal 2030 estimated 640 billion usd assumption underlying goal electrification contributes poverty alleviation many regards recent years body literature emerged widely confirms positive poverty impact assumption studies however based data asia latin america paper challenges transferability impact findings literature african context using unique data set collected various african countries paper suggests impact expectations income education health discounted considerably africa many cases low levels electricity consumption also served lowcost solar alternatives ensure costeffective usage public investments rural electrification call careful costbenefit comparisons ongrid offgrid solutions