Indigenous community preferences for electricity services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Sarawak, Malaysia

Providing indigenous communities with electricity services requires an understanding of preferences to ensure that electrification schemes are congruent with the communities’ specific development pathways. We contribute to the literature by using a choice experiment to rank and quantify household pr...

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Main Authors: VAN GEVELT, Terry, HOLZEIS, C. Canales, GEORGE, F., ZAMAN, T.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.cis_research-10592023-01-19T08:12:49Z Indigenous community preferences for electricity services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Sarawak, Malaysia VAN GEVELT, Terry HOLZEIS, C. Canales GEORGE, F. ZAMAN, T. Providing indigenous communities with electricity services requires an understanding of preferences to ensure that electrification schemes are congruent with the communities’ specific development pathways. We contribute to the literature by using a choice experiment to rank and quantify household preferences for electricity services in two indigenous villages in Sarawak, Malaysia. Specifically, we disaggregated electricity services into five attributes: private use for household appliances and lighting, public use for community facilities, productive use for income generation, the operator model and the monthly tariff. We found that the most value was placed on the operator-model underpinning the provision of electricity services and that there was a strong preference for a community-based model over a utility-based model. Interestingly, our results suggest that the preference for a community-based operator model may be related to the experience of using electricity for productive uses. We contend that our results demonstrate the importance of social and institutional challenges to providing electricity services to indigenous communities in Sarawak and highlight the need for the state utility to engage with indigenous communities to overcome these challenges. 2017-09-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/60 info:doi/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.05.054 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1059/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0301421517303452_main.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection College of Integrative Studies eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Rural electrification Indigenous communities Choice experiments Sarawak Malaysia South-East Asia Asian Studies Energy Policy Urban Studies and Planning
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Singapore
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topic Rural electrification
Indigenous communities
Choice experiments
Sarawak
Malaysia
South-East Asia
Asian Studies
Energy Policy
Urban Studies and Planning
spellingShingle Rural electrification
Indigenous communities
Choice experiments
Sarawak
Malaysia
South-East Asia
Asian Studies
Energy Policy
Urban Studies and Planning
VAN GEVELT, Terry
HOLZEIS, C. Canales
GEORGE, F.
ZAMAN, T.
Indigenous community preferences for electricity services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Sarawak, Malaysia
description Providing indigenous communities with electricity services requires an understanding of preferences to ensure that electrification schemes are congruent with the communities’ specific development pathways. We contribute to the literature by using a choice experiment to rank and quantify household preferences for electricity services in two indigenous villages in Sarawak, Malaysia. Specifically, we disaggregated electricity services into five attributes: private use for household appliances and lighting, public use for community facilities, productive use for income generation, the operator model and the monthly tariff. We found that the most value was placed on the operator-model underpinning the provision of electricity services and that there was a strong preference for a community-based model over a utility-based model. Interestingly, our results suggest that the preference for a community-based operator model may be related to the experience of using electricity for productive uses. We contend that our results demonstrate the importance of social and institutional challenges to providing electricity services to indigenous communities in Sarawak and highlight the need for the state utility to engage with indigenous communities to overcome these challenges.
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author VAN GEVELT, Terry
HOLZEIS, C. Canales
GEORGE, F.
ZAMAN, T.
author_facet VAN GEVELT, Terry
HOLZEIS, C. Canales
GEORGE, F.
ZAMAN, T.
author_sort VAN GEVELT, Terry
title Indigenous community preferences for electricity services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short Indigenous community preferences for electricity services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full Indigenous community preferences for electricity services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr Indigenous community preferences for electricity services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Indigenous community preferences for electricity services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort indigenous community preferences for electricity services: evidence from a choice experiment in sarawak, malaysia
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2017
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/60
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1059/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0301421517303452_main.pdf
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