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SUBMITTER: Aklin M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5435414 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aklin Michaël M Bayer Patrick P Harish S P SP Urpelainen Johannes J
Science advances 20170517 5
This article assesses the socioeconomic effects of solar microgrids. The lack of access to electricity is a major obstacle to the socioeconomic development of more than a billion people. Off-grid solar technologies hold potential as an affordable and clean solution to satisfy basic electricity needs. We conducted a randomized field experiment in India to estimate the causal effect of off-grid solar power on electricity access and broader socioeconomic development of 1281 rural households. Within ...[more]