Rural Electrification And Development: Social And Economic Impact In Costa Rica And Colombia

by John Saunders, Galen Moses, James E Ross, et al.

Book Overview

"This assessment of the consequences of rural electrification in developing areas, covers projects in two Latin American countries. In one of these electricity is supplied by a cooperative, in the other by a state-owned company. The authors examine a wide range of variables and find that only living standard and occupational status had a consistent positive association with electricity use. The cooperative had little, if any, significance for its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367301776
• ISBN13: 9780367301774
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"