What is Electricity Used for in Rural Areas?

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Chapter 4: What is Electricity Used for in Rural Areas?
Most connections in rural areas are residential

The most common uses of electricity are lighting and television, and there is some resistance to using

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electricity for cooking

Electrification has beneficial impacts for clinics and for the attraction and retention of skilled staff in schools and health centers
Though some countries have seen greater productive use of rural electrification, it has not led to industrial rural development

Next: The Benefits of Rural Electrification

Nearly All Projects Provide Residential Connections, but also Other Connections for Productive Purposes

Source: IEG portfolio review.

The Energy Ladder
(a) Poor countries use less efficient biomass fuels, whereas richer ones rely more on electricity	(b) Within countries the poor are lower down the energy ladder (ratio of consumption of the non-poor to poor)

Source: World Development Indicators, FAO Stats.	Source: IEG analysis of survey data.

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