Rural Electrification and Manufacturing Firm Performance in Benin – An Ex-Ante Impact Assessment

Arbeitspapier

Productive electricity use is widely believed to contribute to positive impacts of electrification projects. This paper investigates these impacts by comparing the performance of micro manufacturing enterprises in grid-covered and non-covered villages in Northern Benin. Using firm-level data, the empirical analysis employs a Propensity Score Matching. While beneficial impacts are found from firm creation after electrification, firms that existed before actually show a non-significantly inferior performance to their matched counterparts from a non-electrified region. Complementary measures that sensitize firms about the implications of a grid connection are recommended as important features of program design.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-3-86788-213-2
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 189

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions ; Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology ; Project Analysis ; Industry Studies: Manufacturing: Other
• Thema: Impact evaluation ; propensity score matching ; productive electricity use ; Elektrizitätspolitik ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Ländlicher Raum ; Kleinindustrie ; Unternehmensentwicklung ; Benin

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Peters, Jörg ; Vance, Colin ; Harsdorff, Marek
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
• (wo): Essen
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/37000
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ