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Does Electrification Help the Poor?

This public lecture was a keynote event of the opening of the academic year at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. Miguel covered new experimental research examining the socio-economic impacts of connecting rural households to the electric grid in Kenya. 

New Evidence on the Economics of Rural ElectrificationAix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, FranceJune 25, 2018
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Prospects for Rural Electrification in AfricaGeorge Washington UniversityApril 28, 2016
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Prospects for Rural Electrification in AfricaLisbon, PortugalJuly 14, 2016
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Does Solving Energy Poverty Help Solve Poverty? Not QuiteEnergy Institute Blog
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Does Providing Electricity to the Poor Reduce Poverty? Research Suggests Not QuiteForbes
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Despite $7 billion to ‘Power Africa’, why the continent is still in the darkReuters
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Power Isn’t Water: Learnings from Kenya’s Rural Electrification EffortsBlum Center For Developing Economies
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The Limits of Rural ElectrificationLSE Connect
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Does Electrification Supercharge Economic Development?Published PaperAfrican DevelopmentEnvironment and Climate2020
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Experimental Evidence on the Economics of Rural ElectrificationPublished PaperAfrican DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimateResearch Methodology2020
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Electrification for ‘Under Grid’ Households in Rural KenyaPublished PaperAfrican DevelopmentEnvironment and Climate2015
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