Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.12.011 |
Rethinking barriers to electrification: Does government collection failure stunt public service provision? | |
Rains, Emily1; Abraham, Ronald J.2 | |
2018-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY |
ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 114页码:288-300 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; India |
英文摘要 | A growing body of evidence demonstrates the importance of energy access for human development. Yet, over a billion people continue to lack access, and financing electrification efforts poses a formidable challenge to resource-constrained governments. Resultingly, growing bodies of work focus on measuring consumer willingness to pay, viability of cost effective non-grid alternatives, and ways of reducing theft. We argue that these studies largely overlook a crucial policy issue - government capacity or willingness to collect revenues. We work with the public energy utility in Bihar, India, to evaluate levels of revenue collection among formally connected energy consumers. We run a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of offering an incentive to local contractors to collect revenues in rural Bihar. The program made significant improvements among small, hard to reach consumers billed on minimum monthly charges. While these improvements are significant, the level of nonpayment at endline remains unsustainably high. Appropriate incentives can increase the proportion of paying consumers, but additional programs, including incentives for meter reading, are needed to further reduce insolvency. We conclude that it is crucial to examine government capacity and willingness to collect revenues when analyzing financial sustainability of energy systems in the Global South. |
英文关键词 | India Rural electrification Energy access Governance Revenue collection Field experiment |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000424962800027 |
WOS关键词 | WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY ; INDIA ; KENYA |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/18908 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Duke Univ, 201 Sci Dr, Durham, NC 27708 USA; 2.IDinsight India Off, 24-1,3rd Floor,Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi 110016, India |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Rains, Emily,Abraham, Ronald J.. Rethinking barriers to electrification: Does government collection failure stunt public service provision?[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2018,114:288-300. |
APA | Rains, Emily,&Abraham, Ronald J..(2018).Rethinking barriers to electrification: Does government collection failure stunt public service provision?.ENERGY POLICY,114,288-300. |
MLA | Rains, Emily,et al."Rethinking barriers to electrification: Does government collection failure stunt public service provision?".ENERGY POLICY 114(2018):288-300. |
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