Promoting energy inclusiveness: Is rural energy poverty a political failure?

Alex O Acheampong; Xuan-Hoa  Nghiem; Janet Dzator; Gulasekaran Rajaguru

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2023.101639

Promoting energy inclusiveness: Is rural energy poverty a political failure?

Alex O Acheampong^*
, Xuan-Hoa Nghiem^*
, Janet Dzator^*
, Gulasekaran Rajaguru^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We examine the impact of democracy and governance on rural electrification and rural access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking using comprehensive panel data of 34 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean between 2000 and 2020. Evidence from heteroskedasticity-based instrumental variable regression revealed that governance improves rural electrification and rural access to clean cooking fuels and technologies, while democracy of different forms limits rural electrification and rural access to clean cooking fuels and technologies. We suggest that better governance ensures justice in providing and allocating essential public services such as electricity and clean cooking solutions, not democracy.

Original language	English
Article number	101639
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	Utilities Policy
Volume	84
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2023.101639
Publication status	Published - Oct 2023

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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abstract = "We examine the impact of democracy and governance on rural electrification and rural access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking using comprehensive panel data of 34 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean between 2000 and 2020. Evidence from heteroskedasticity-based instrumental variable regression revealed that governance improves rural electrification and rural access to clean cooking fuels and technologies, while democracy of different forms limits rural electrification and rural access to clean cooking fuels and technologies. We suggest that better governance ensures justice in providing and allocating essential public services such as electricity and clean cooking solutions, not democracy.",

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