Effectiveness evaluation of photovoltaic poverty alleviation project in China: From a capital perspective

Bai, Bo; Xiong, Siqin; Ma, Xiaoming; Tian, Yushen

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124684

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“…This finding is consistent with a previous study, which also underscored the higher effectiveness of the village-level power plant in increasing rural residents' income and reducing poverty. 36 Given the presence of an inverted U-shaped nonlinear relationship between PV power plant investment and rural residents' income, it is necessary to judiciously consider local construction expenses, grid system capacity, and solar energy resource allocation while deploying a PVPA plant. At the same time, in the western regions of China, particularly in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with ample solar energy resources, there is an urgent need to enhance the construction, renovation, and modernization of rural power grids, thereby enhancing their ability to accommodate PV power generation.…”

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“…Building village-level centralized power plants can increase the income of rural residents more than individual rooftop household installations. This finding is consistent with a previous study, which also underscored the higher effectiveness of the village-level power plant in increasing rural residents’ income and reducing poverty . Given the presence of an inverted U-shaped nonlinear relationship between PV power plant investment and rural residents’ income, it is necessary to judiciously consider local construction expenses, grid system capacity, and solar energy resource allocation while deploying a PVPA plant.…”

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Can Solar Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation Policies Reduce Carbon Emissions and Increase Income in China?

Zhou,

Wang,

Liu

et al. 2023

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Can Solar Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation Policies Reduce Carbon Emissions and Increase Income in China?

Zhou,

Wang,

Liu

et al. 2023

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…The SEPAP, on the other hand, differs from SHS in several ways, including the grid connection, financial model, and distribution of income. As a result, it has received much attention from the Chinese academic circles [12][13][14][15][16]. The difference between SEPAP in China and similar solar PV programs around the world is discussed in the literature review section (Section 2.1).…”

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Governance Challenges and Solutions of the Solar Energy for Poverty Alleviation Program in China: The Case of Jinzhai County

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2023

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This paper discusses one of China's targeted poverty alleviation programs, namely the Solar Energy for Poverty Alleviation Program (SEPAP). SEPAP is an important and innovative policy that enables poor households to earn additional income by installing solar panels and selling the generated electricity to the grid. However, there are still some doubts regarding the actual effects of SEPAP. Based on the results of 30 semi-structured interviews with village leaders and local government officials in Jinzhai County, China, we explore in-depth the development stages and the types of SEPAP. In addition, we discuss the governance challenges of SEPAP implementation in Jinzhai County, including poor construction quality, maintenance difficulties, inadequate maintenance service, and delays in the payment of government subsidies. We also discuss how the local government has worked together with both the upper levels of government and the poor households to address some of these challenges.

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“…Thus, poverty-relief projects will be refocused to address relative poverty and will be carried out in a normal rather than centralized manner. Hence, it is necessary to develop a long-term mechanism for reducing relative poverty and promoting the smooth transformation of the poverty relief strategy and work system (Wu et al, 2019;Bai et al, 2021). The Chinese government is also taking several policies such as China declaring that "the National Strategic Plan on Rural Revitalization Via Agriculture" will be prolonged till 2030.…”

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Assessing the efficiency level of the “poverty alleviation through agriculture project”: A case study of fixed observation points in China

Yan¹,

Li²,

Sarkar³

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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In the modern era, development organizations and governments worldwide are undertaking various policies and projects to eradicate poverty. However, there is a lack of evidence that can trigger the efficiency level of those. Based on the survey data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, which was acquired at rural fixed observation points across 31 provinces of China from 2012 to 2016, the study evaluates the overall efficiency, stage-specific efficiency, and indicator-based efficiency of “Poverty alleviation through agriculture projects of China”. First of all, the entire process of agricultural poverty relief is divided into two stages: (i) agricultural production and (ii) social governance. Accordingly, the study proposes a two-stage theoretical analysis framework for agricultural poverty relief and decomposes the mechanisms; it also discusses the potential for improved efficiency levels in both agricultural production efficiency and social governance efficiency. Therefore, we utilize the two-stage dynamic data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to outline the findings. The outcomes showed the efficiency level of the projects can play an important role in addressing rural poverty in China. This study's major findings are summarized as follows: (i) the overall efficiency of the projects tends to be stable undauntedly. While agricultural production efficiency is the major cause and social governance efficiency in the second stage has been a minor cause for maintaining a relatively lower level of overall efficiency. (ii) There is significant room for improving the efficiency of certain input indicators (including total labor force, productive fixed assets, and education attainment of rural labor) and intermediate variables (i.e., income gap of village households). However, limited room has been found for certain output indicators (including the total output of grain, the poverty elimination index, and an aggregate index of social harmony). Thus, in China, poverty alleviation projects should be revitalized and targeted instead of concentrated. It is required to advance a long-term structure for rural poverty and promote the smooth transition of poverty alleviation projects and working criteria. Moreover, the government should strengthen the top-level design for addressing the relative poverty problem and incorporate it into the rural revitalization strategy.

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Effectiveness evaluation of photovoltaic poverty alleviation project in China: From a capital perspective

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Can Solar Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation Policies Reduce Carbon Emissions and Increase Income in China?

Can Solar Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation Policies Reduce Carbon Emissions and Increase Income in China?

Governance Challenges and Solutions of the Solar Energy for Poverty Alleviation Program in China: The Case of Jinzhai County

Assessing the efficiency level of the “poverty alleviation through agriculture project”: A case study of fixed observation points in China

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