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. |
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2019
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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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