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Trials and tribulations: Lost energy access gains in rural India
Energy for Sustainable Development ( IF 4.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2020.01.002 Michaël Aklin , Johannes Urpelainen
Energy for Sustainable Development ( IF 4.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2020.01.002 Michaël Aklin , Johannes Urpelainen
Abstract Rural electrification has advanced rapidly in many developing countries. Under conditions of poverty and weak infrastructure, however, households face a risk of backsliding. We use two rounds from the ACCESS survey of rural households in six northern Indian states to explore factors that drive losses in household electricity access. About 7% of households with electricity in 2015 lost it by 2018. We identify household wealth and off-grid access as major drivers of lost energy access. A standard deviation's increase in a household's wealth index reduces the likelihood of disconnection by 1.5 percentage points. Off-grid households are 8 percentage points more likely to lose access than grid-connected households. These findings underscore the importance of defending realized gains in countries where household electrification is driven by policy while rural poverty remains prevalent.
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