Operational performance of the Bangladesh rural electrification program and its determinants with a focus on political interference

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2433-2439

  Taniguchi, Mariko ^a   Kaneko, Shinji ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DEA; Political interference; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CRITICAL DETERMINANTS; DEA; ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES; NATIONAL ELECTIONS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; OVERALL EFFICIENCIES; POLITICAL INTERFERENCE; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; RURAL AREAS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICAL POWER; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; RURAL POLITICS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 64749099384     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.01.027     Document Type: Article

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