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Does basic energy access generate socioeconomic benefits? A field experiment with off-grid solar power in India

Published:2017-05-05 Issue:5 Volume:3 Page:
ISSN:2375-2548
Container-title:Science Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:Sci. Adv.

Author:

Aklin Michaël¹,Bayer Patrick²^ORCID,Harish S. P.³⁴,Urpelainen Johannes⁵

Affiliation:

1. Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 4600 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.

2. School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, 40 Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RT, Scotland, UK

3. Department of Politics, New York University, 19 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10009, USA.

4. Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University, 3460 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E6, Canada.

5. Department of Political Science, Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street, 712 IAB, New York, NY 10027, USA.

Abstract

Basic solar microgrids can significantly improve access to electricity in an affordable manner, but they generate few socioeconomic benefits.

Funder

International Growth Center

Tata Center for Technology and Design at MIT

Smart Power India

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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