Electrification and Household Welfare: Evidence from Pakistan

Hussain A. Samad and Fan Zhang

No 8582, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Energy Policies&Economics; Electric Power; Energy Demand; Energy and Mining; Energy and Environment; Educational Sciences; Health Care Services Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-09-12
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