How does energy matter? Rural electrification, entrepreneurship, and community development in Kenya

How does energy matter? Rural electrification, entrepreneurship, and community development in Kenya

We examine the impact of rural electrification on individuals and businesses within a community in order to test a resource-based theory of entrepreneurship. We show that access to electricity increases average households’ income and entrepreneurial activities. The impact of electricity on entrepren...

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Main Authors: VERNET, Antoine, KHAYESI, Jane N. O., GEORGE, Vivian, GEORGE, Gerard, BAHAJ, Abubakar S.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
Subjects:
Entrepreneurship
Experiment
Community development
Rural electrification
Kenya
Microenterprise
African Studies
Agribusiness
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6202
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7201/viewcontent/EnergyPolicy2019.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7201/viewcontent/EnergyPolicy2019.pdf

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