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This paper examines the challenges that African governments are grappling with as part of a renewed international effort to expand electricity access. It shows how the crux of the challenge is twofold: one, to enable poo...
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Non-price barriers suppress demand at the adoption margin, complicating efforts to quantify the welfare effects of rural electrification. This paper studies demand for pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) solar electricity using a rand...
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Childcare burdens limit productivity among women in the informal sector, but little is known about the optimal design of childcare support. The study randomizes 883 women market vendors in Kampala, Uganda to receive free...
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Governments in low-income countries are increasingly integrating off-grid electricity provision into national electrification strategies, creating novel, decentralized markets for electricity. This paper studies a highly...
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Are firms adapting to climate change? This paper studies this question by combining geocoded World Bank Enterprise Survey data with spatially granular weather data to estimate temperature response functions for nearly 16...
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Prepaid electricity contracts lower enforcement costs but may burden consumers, particularly when market frictions are present. This paper presents the results of a randomized control trial where 2,000 randomly selected,...