Welfare impacts of rural electrification: A panel data analysis from Vietnam

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 659-692

  Khandker, Shahidur R ^a   Barnes, Douglas F ^a   Samad, Hussain A ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PANEL DATA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; WELFARE IMPACT;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84876585165     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669262     Document Type: Article

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