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SUBMITTER: Zhang H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7181783 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200423 1
Since 2013, China has implemented a large-scale initiative to systematically deploy solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to alleviate poverty in rural areas. To provide new understanding of China's targeted poverty alleviation strategy, we use a panel dataset of 211 pilot counties that received targeted PV investments from 2013 to 2016, and find that the PV poverty alleviation pilot policy increases per-capita disposable income in a county by approximately 7%-8%. The effect of PV investment is posit ...[more]