electricity

Political manipulation in India's electricity sector, involving illicit subsidies to constituents of the ruling party, results in staggering efficiency losses.

Electricity outages have a significant negative effect on employment in Africa

The economic benefits of expanding electricity access likely do not outweigh the costs in small rural villages, but likely do in larger communities.

Improving the quality of electricity services can increase electricity consumption through increased appliance ownership, but investments in energy efficiency may mitigate those effects

Expanding electricity transmission lines reduces regional price disparities in electricity, boosts renewable energy, and lowers the overall cost of electricity

Energy-efficient technologies can mean more reliable electricity supply for everyone served by the same infrastructure whether or not they adopt the technologies

Subsidies of household electricity prices in India come at the expense of firms, reducing both growth and output

A social norm in which people deserve access to electricity regardless of payment may actually be undermining efforts for universal access

Rationing electricity supply limits farmers’ water use to a nearly efficient level on average, but also lowers agricultural productivity