Description: Das Projekt "Productive Use of Electricity (PRODUSE)" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. RWI, Kompetenzbereich Umwelt und Ressourcen durchgeführt. Access to modern energy is widely considered an important ingredient in the strategy towards alleviating poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). In particular, it is expected that electrification removes bottlenecks for enterprise development and enables new potentials for income generation. At the same time, robust evidence for this hypothesis is hardly existent. In order to start filling this gap between practitioner's perception and lacking robust evidence, GIZ and World Bank launched the Productive Use of Electricity (PRODUSE) study. In the case of three African countries - Benin, Ghana, and Uganda - the usage of electricity in micro-enterprises was examined and the effect of electricity usage on firm performance was assessed. For this purpose, between 200 and 400 micro-enterprises were surveyed in target regions of GIZ electrification interventions in the three countries. RWI designed the overall survey and evaluation methodology, developed the research tools for all countries and conducted the field work in Benin and Uganda. The electrification interventions had not been implemented yet at the time when the surveys were conducted. While the collected data also serves as a baseline for future ex-post evaluation, a cross-sectional ex-ante approach was applied. In order to immediately derive insights on impacts of productive electricity usage the yet non-electrified GIZ target region was surveyed and, in addition, a comparable, already electrified region. Econometric evaluation techniques were used to identify comparable firms from both regions in order to establish a proper counterfactual situation. Results of this research effort suggest that impacts of electricity access on micro-enterprises are modest only. Take-up rates of both grid connections and appliances are low. On the other hand, electricity availability seems to trigger creation of new and particularly promising firms. One important objective of PRODUSE was to make rigorous evaluation techniques accessible for practitioners. Therefore, RWI developed a hands-on guide for designing evaluation studies regarding the impacts of productive electricity usage. Complementary to the existing literature on evaluation methods, this guide familiarizes project managers with the concrete steps that have to be undertaken to plan and implement an evaluation.
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Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Beton ? Elektrizität ? Stromversorgung ? Pflanzensamen ? Uganda ? Benin ? Ghana ? Wirkung ? Einkommen ? Ackerland ? Bewertungsverfahren ? Energie ? Energienutzung ? Geodäsie ? Studie ? Technik ? Wirkung ? Arbeit ? Armut ? Forschung ? Planung ? Gebiet ? Bewertung ? Plan ? Strategische Aspekte ? VERGLEICHBARKEIT ? BESTEHEND ? ZUGANG ? ZUSCHUETTUNG ? ZWECKBESTIMMUNG ? BEWERTEN ? BEZUG ? EIN ? ENTWICKLUNG ? ERGEBNIS ? Erlass [Recht] ? GEBRAUCHT ? INITIATIVE ? Kreuzung [biologisch] ? LAENDER ? LAND ? LEISTUNGSFAEHIGKEIT ? LITERATUR ? METHODIK ? Muskelarbeit ? NEU ? NUTZUNG ? Netzanschluss ? POTENZIAL ? PROJEKT ? SONSTIG ? VERFUEGBARKEIT ? ANGEWANDT ? WICHTIG ? Werkzeug ?
Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen
Bounding boxes: 6.76339° .. 6.76339° x 51.21895° .. 51.21895°
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Deutsch
Time ranges: 2007-03-01 - 2011-12-31
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