The Benefits of Solar Home Systems : An Analysis from Bangladesh
The Government of Bangladesh, with help from the World Bank and other donors, has provided aid to a local agency called Infrastructure Development Company Limited and its partner organizations to devise a credit scheme for marketing solar home syst...
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okr-10986-169392021-04-23T14:03:33Z The Benefits of Solar Home Systems : An Analysis from Bangladesh Samad, Hussain A. Khandker, Shahidur R. Asaduzzaman, M. Yunus, Mohammad ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE FUELS ALTERNATIVE METHOD APPROACH AVAILABILITY AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION AVERAGE PRICE BACKUP POWER BASE YEAR BATTERIES BIOMASS CALCULATION CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COAL CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CONTROLLED PRICES COOKING COST EFFECTIVENESS CROP CROP RESIDUE DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DRY CELL BATTERIES DUNG ECONOMETRICS ELECTRIC GENERATION ELECTRIC GRID ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSION OF CARBON EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY FORM ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY POLICY ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY SOURCES FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL COLLECTION FUEL WOOD GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GRID AREAS GRID ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRIFICATION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LIGHTING KEROSENE KEROSENE CONSUMPTION KEROSENE LAMPS LAND OWNERSHIP NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRIDS OIL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY PHOTOVOLTAICS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION POLLUTION LEVELS POSITIVE EXTERNALITY POWER POWER GENERATION POWER PROGRAM POWER SECTOR PRICE EFFECT PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE INCREASES PRIMARY FUEL PRODUCTION FUNCTION QUALITY ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RURAL AREAS RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SMOKE SOLAR ELECTRICITY SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR HOME SOLAR HOME SYSTEM SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLAR PANEL SOLAR PANELS SOLAR POWER SOLAR POWER GENERATION SOLAR SYSTEM SUBSTITUTE FUEL SUBSTITUTION SUSTAINABLE ENERGY VILLAGE LEVEL WEALTH WOOD BIOMASS The Government of Bangladesh, with help from the World Bank and other donors, has provided aid to a local agency called Infrastructure Development Company Limited and its partner organizations to devise a credit scheme for marketing solar home system units and making these an affordable alternative to grid electricity for poor people in remote areas. This paper uses household survey data to examine the financing scheme behind the dissemination of these solar home systems, in particular the role of the subsidy; the factors that determine the adoption of the systems in rural Bangladesh; and the welfare impacts of such adoption. The paper finds that while the subsidy has been declining over time, the demand for solar home systems has seen phenomenal growth, mostly because of technological developments that have made the systems increasingly more affordable. Households with better physical and educational endowments are more likely to adopt solar home systems than poor households. The price of the system matters in household decision making -- a 10 percent decline in the price of the system increases the overall demand for a solar panel by 2 percent. As for the benefits, adoption of a solar home system improves children s evening study time, lowers kerosene consumption, and provides health benefits for household members, in particular for women. It is also found to increase women's decision-making ability in certain household affairs. Finally, it is found to increase household consumption expenditure, although at a small scale. 2014-02-05T19:06:47Z 2014-02-05T19:06:47Z 2013-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18640651/benefits-solar-home-systems-analysis-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16939 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6724 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh |
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE FUELS ALTERNATIVE METHOD APPROACH AVAILABILITY AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION AVERAGE PRICE BACKUP POWER BASE YEAR BATTERIES BIOMASS CALCULATION CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COAL CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CONTROLLED PRICES COOKING COST EFFECTIVENESS CROP CROP RESIDUE DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DRY CELL BATTERIES DUNG ECONOMETRICS ELECTRIC GENERATION ELECTRIC GRID ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSION OF CARBON EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY FORM ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY POLICY ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY SOURCES FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL COLLECTION FUEL WOOD GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GRID AREAS GRID ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRIFICATION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LIGHTING KEROSENE KEROSENE CONSUMPTION KEROSENE LAMPS LAND OWNERSHIP NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRIDS OIL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY PHOTOVOLTAICS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION POLLUTION LEVELS POSITIVE EXTERNALITY POWER POWER GENERATION POWER PROGRAM POWER SECTOR PRICE EFFECT PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE INCREASES PRIMARY FUEL PRODUCTION FUNCTION QUALITY ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RURAL AREAS RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SMOKE SOLAR ELECTRICITY SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR HOME SOLAR HOME SYSTEM SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLAR PANEL SOLAR PANELS SOLAR POWER SOLAR POWER GENERATION SOLAR SYSTEM SUBSTITUTE FUEL SUBSTITUTION SUSTAINABLE ENERGY VILLAGE LEVEL WEALTH WOOD BIOMASS |
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The Government of Bangladesh, with help
from the World Bank and other donors, has provided aid to a
local agency called Infrastructure Development Company
Limited and its partner organizations to devise a credit
scheme for marketing solar home system units and making
these an affordable alternative to grid electricity for poor
people in remote areas. This paper uses household survey
data to examine the financing scheme behind the
dissemination of these solar home systems, in particular the
role of the subsidy; the factors that determine the adoption
of the systems in rural Bangladesh; and the welfare impacts
of such adoption. The paper finds that while the subsidy has
been declining over time, the demand for solar home systems
has seen phenomenal growth, mostly because of technological
developments that have made the systems increasingly more
affordable. Households with better physical and educational
endowments are more likely to adopt solar home systems than
poor households. The price of the system matters in
household decision making -- a 10 percent decline in the
price of the system increases the overall demand for a solar
panel by 2 percent. As for the benefits, adoption of a solar
home system improves children s evening study time, lowers
kerosene consumption, and provides health benefits for
household members, in particular for women. It is also found
to increase women's decision-making ability in certain
household affairs. Finally, it is found to increase
household consumption expenditure, although at a small scale. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Samad, Hussain A. Khandker, Shahidur R. Asaduzzaman, M. Yunus, Mohammad |
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Samad, Hussain A. Khandker, Shahidur R. Asaduzzaman, M. Yunus, Mohammad |
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Samad, Hussain A. |
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The Benefits of Solar Home Systems : An Analysis from Bangladesh |
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The Benefits of Solar Home Systems : An Analysis from Bangladesh |
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The Benefits of Solar Home Systems : An Analysis from Bangladesh |
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The Benefits of Solar Home Systems : An Analysis from Bangladesh |
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The Benefits of Solar Home Systems : An Analysis from Bangladesh |
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benefits of solar home systems : an analysis from bangladesh |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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