Shades of darkness or light? A systematic review of geographic bias in impact evaluations of electricity access
| Autor: | Joel Jaeger, Joonseok Yang, Ryan Kennedy, David Hamburger, Johannes Urpelainen, Patrick Bayer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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050204 development studies
Impact evaluation Population 0211 other engineering and technologies Psychological intervention Energy Engineering and Power Technology Distribution (economics) 02 engineering and technology Electrification 0502 economics and business Development economics 021108 energy education Energy poverty education.field_of_study Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry 05 social sciences Quarter (United States coin) Fuel Technology Geography Nuclear Energy and Engineering Electricity business Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| ISSN: | 2214-6296 |
| Popis: | Despite the growing use of impact evaluations for electrification interventions, little attention has been paid to the geographical distribution of such evaluations. This is concerning because cultural and regional differences may limit how transferable results across regions are. We undertake a systematic review of the literature and find 31 impact evaluations of electricity access in 16 countries that meet our criteria for statistical hypothesis testing of development outcomes. India accounts for a quarter of the impact evaluations. Given the large non-electrified population in India, this is still a small number, roughly comparable to Nigeria or Kenya. South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are the most underrepresented regions. We find more positive impacts from electricity access, on average, for South Asia than for sub-Saharan Africa, which calls for greater attention to geographic bias in future impact evaluations of electrification access. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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