MEASURING THE HAPPINESS, MATERIAL WELL-BEING AND LIGHTING IMPACTS OF SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS IN TANZANIA: A RANDOMIZED CONTROL DESIGN
Abstract
Throughout the world, nearly 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity. In order
to fill this gap, a number of companies have entered the solar residential market
in Africa to provide rural and poor households with a means of accessing lighting
and mobile-charging services. Off-Grid Electric (OGE), a Tanzania-based company which
uses a third-party ownership model, is rapidly spreading in rural areas throughout
the country. Despite the success of OGE and similar organizations, few if any rigorous
studies have been done to evaluate the effects of energy access on outcomes such as
health, education, income and welfare, which many solar companies, NGOs and multi-lateral
institutions identify as the impact of their work. Using OGE as a case study, this
project presents a full plan for a randomized control trial (RCT) to measure the impact
of solar services on happiness, material well-being and lighting consumption on rural
households in Tanzania.
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Yakhnis, Marina (2015). MEASURING THE HAPPINESS, MATERIAL WELL-BEING AND LIGHTING IMPACTS OF SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS
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