Household electricity access, availability and human well-being: Evidence from India

Energy Policy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 308-315

  Ahmad, Sohail ^a,b,c   Mathai, Manu V ^a   Parayil, Govindan ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c School of Planning and Architecture   (India)

Author keywords

Electricity access; Electricity availability; Human well being

Indexed keywords

MICROGRIDS;

ELECTRICITY ACCESS; ELECTRICITY POLICY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AND URBAN; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; URBAN-HOUSEHOLD; WELL BEING;

SURVEYS;

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INFRASTRUCTURE;

INDIA;

EID: 84898851506     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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