This public lecture on "New Evidence on the Economics of Rural Electrification" was a keynote for the 17th Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet, Europe's premier conference on public economics, held annually at Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence, France.
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New Evidence on the Economics of Rural Electrification
Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France
June 25, 2018
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