Evaluation of the impact of access to electricity: A comparative analysis of South Africa, China, India and Brazil

Marcio Pereira, José Antonio Sena, Marcos Aurélio Vasconcelos Freitas and Neilton Fidelis da Silva

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2011, vol. 15, issue 3, 1427-1441

Abstract: Most developing countries include rural electrification programs in their efforts to improve social conditions. There are, however, several obstacles to the evaluation of such programs and therefore of their social, economic, environmental and energy impacts on the target population, particularly on impoverished communities located in remote areas. Evaluation of the efficacy of public policies aimed at rural electrification in South Africa, China, India and Brazil enables such actions to be quantified and re-considered so as to bolster the sustainability of their planning and implementation and also so as to enable comprehension of the significance of access to electricity in relation to other aspects of the drive to improve living standards. The provision of electric energy amounts to more than access to a public service and should be considered an essential right, in a context of social equity and justice, which permits social integration and the access to other equally essential services.

Keywords: Rural; electrification; Impacts; South; Africa; China; India; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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