Journal
ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 103-110Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2011.10.007
Keywords
Sub-Saharan Africa; Willingness to pay; Affordability; Energy; Rural electrification; Subsidies
Funding
- Royal Economic Society (RES)
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Developing countries have struggled with low electrification rates in rural areas. This study investigates one major issue which is impeding rural electrification programmes: high connection payments. This paper uses estimates obtained from a stated preference study in rural Kenya using a contingent valuation method which was completed in 2007, in order to examine the subjects' willingness to pay to connect to grid electricity and photovoltaic services. The key findings suggest that the government needs to reform the current energy subsidies, establish financial schemes and create a multilevel critical analysis of the political economy of energy systems. Crown Copyright (C) 2011 International Energy Initiative. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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