Electrification and Household Welfare : Evidence from Pakistan
As many as 50 million people in Pakistan may still live without connection to the electric grid. Pakistan also has some of the world's worst power outages. Using data from a nationally representative two-period panel survey, this paper present...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/585231536778611429/Electrification-and-Household-Welfare-Evidence-from-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30427 |
| Summary: | As many as 50 million people in Pakistan
may still live without connection to the electric grid.
Pakistan also has some of the world's worst power
outages. Using data from a nationally representative
two-period panel survey, this paper presents the first
empirical evidence on the cost of unreliable electricity
supply to households in Pakistan. The results show that lack
of connectivity and poor reliability may be costing the
country at least $4.5 billion (1.7 percent of gross domestic
product) a year. Addressing the problem requires energy
sector reforms to correct regulatory and institutional
distortions in the gas and electricity sectors. |
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