Rural electrification in Cambodia: does it improve the welfare of households?

Saing, Chan Hang

doi:10.1080/13600818.2017.1340443

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“…The second group of empirical studies, seeking to overcome some of the limitations present in macro studies, treats poverty at the household level (Charlery et al, 2015;Gibson and Rozelle, 2003;Jacoby, 2000;Jalan and Ravallion, 2003;Lenz et al, 2017;Parikh et al, 2015;Saing, 2017). In the majority of works in this sense, the concern is estimating the impacts of household determinants on poverty in a single locality.…”

Section: Infrastructure and Poverty: A Brief Review Of The Empirical mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…From this perspective, several empirical studies have emerged with the intention of better defining the relationship between infrastructure and poverty. Even though the database and methodology used and the infrastructure variables applied do vary, the most common results confirm that there are positive infrastructure effects on poverty reduction (Aggarwal, 2018;Cao et al, 2016;Charlery et al, 2015;Datt and Ravallion, 1998;Gibson and Rozelle, 2003;Jacoby, 2000;Jalan and Ravallion, 2003;Khandker et al, 2013;Lenz et al, 2017;Parikh et al, 2015;Saing, 2017).…”

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Infrastructure and household poverty in Brazil: A regional approach using multilevel models

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Infrastructure and household poverty in Brazil: A regional approach using multilevel models

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“…There are many previous studies which investigate the effects of electricity expansion in developing countries. Most studies examine effects on poverty and/or children's education (Chakravorty, Pelli, & Marchand, 2014;Khandker, Barnes, & Samad, 2012Khandker, Samad, Ali, & Barnes, 2014;Lipscomb, Mobarak, & Barham, 2013;Litzow, Pattanayak, & Thinley, 2019;Saing, 2018;van de Walle, Ravallion, Mendiratta, & Koolwal, 2017), and find positive effects. However, results on employment structure have been mixed (Akpandjar & Kitchens, 2017;Dinkelman, 2011;Grogan & Sadanand, 2012;Rathi & Vermaak, 2018;van de Walle et al, 2017).…”

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“…Furthermore, as stated by Saing (2018), one of the primary objectives of electricity development in Cambodia is to extend the existing grid (and off-grid) supply network of the EDC and REEs.…”

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“…The U.S. Energy Information Administration (2013) estimated that approximately 1.3 billion people (i.e., 19% of the world's population) did not have access to electricity in 2010. Recent studies on various developing countries provide evidence of positive effects of electricity on household income and education of children (Chakravorty, Pelli, & Marchand, 2014;Khandker, Barnes, & Samad, 2012Khandker, Samad, Ali, & Barnes, 2014;Lipscomb, Mobarak, & Barham, 2013;Litzow, Pattanayak, & Thinley, 2019;Saing, 2018;van de Walle, Ravallion, Mendiratta, & Koolwal, 2017). But these studies provide no direct evidence on how electrification improves income and education.…”

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Rural electrification and changes in employment structure in Cambodia

Chhay

Yamazaki

2021

World Development

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We analyze the effect of electrification on changes in employment structure in Cambodia, which is still in early stage of electrification and structural change. In our analysis, we aim to examine the movement out of agriculture by looking into different categories of nonagricultural employment: nonagricultural self-employment, nonagricultural wage employment and nonagricultural unpaid workers. In order to mitigate the problem of non-random placement of electricity, we use the inverse probability of treatment weighting regression adjustment (IPWRA) method to conduct two different estimations, one with individual-level repeated cross-section data and another with district-level panel data, taking advantage of large and representative sample from the Cambodia General Population Census in 1998 and 2008. We found that the movement out of agriculture is dominated by non-farm self-employment activities. Access to electricity increases nonagricultural self-employment of both men and women by 10-12 percentage points. We also confirm a lack of external effects of electrification in rural Cambodia possibly due to low electrification rates among rural households.

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Ecological and social poverty traps: Complex interactions moving toward sustainable development

Yang

Sun

et al. 2022

Sustainable Development

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Different types of poverty traps can reinforce each other, and consequently, multiple traps pose challenges for poverty alleviation, especially in rural areas. There remains a lack of understanding of social and ecological poverty traps and their relationship with one another. We considered the Selinco area in the Tibetan highlands of China and investigated social and ecological poverty, for an understanding of the poverty trap through the land-human relationship lens. We found that ecological and social poverty differ between various townships due to their poor ecological and social environs. We affirmed reinforcing feedback between ecological and social poverty, and that the relative importance of social and ecological poverty differs at various thresholds. These results advance our understanding of different poverty traps and their feedback process. The findings inform the policy-making process when addressing the land-human relationship to improve ecosystem stability and promote social equity to foster sustainable development.

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Rural electrification in Cambodia: does it improve the welfare of households?

Cited by 19 publications

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Infrastructure and household poverty in Brazil: A regional approach using multilevel models

Infrastructure and household poverty in Brazil: A regional approach using multilevel models

Rural electrification and changes in employment structure in Cambodia

Ecological and social poverty traps: Complex interactions moving toward sustainable development

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