Rural Electrification in Rwanda: A Measure of Willingness to Contribute Time and Money

Thierry Kalisa ()
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Thierry Kalisa: Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69007, France ; CNRS, GATE Lyon St Etienne,F-69130 Ecully, France

No 1413, Working Papers from Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon

Abstract: This paper’s motivation is to contribute to the growing literature on contingent valuation in developing countries. In a new survey in Rwanda valuing people’s contribution for electrification, an innovative design is proposed, giving the choice to respondents between two scenarios: one in which they would contribute their time and another in which they would contribute their money. Results show that people prefer to contribute in time rather than in money. A great majority of people who have electricity would accept to contribute for the electrification of others. The potential contributors are willing to contribute 37,250 Frw ($ 55) and 66 days on average per year for five years.

Keywords: Contingent valuation; electrification; contribution; time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D6 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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