Who benefits most from rural electrification? Evidence in India

Energy Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 75-96

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

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributional impacts; Electrification impacts; India; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899764748     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.35.2.4     Document Type: Article

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