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The social and economic impacts of electrification: Evidence from Kenya

The economics of rural electrification: Evidence from Kenya

Policy brief 12 Jan 2018 Energy

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Ken Lee

Research fellow, University of California - Berkeley

Edward Miguel

Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, University of California - Berkeley

Catherine Wolfram

Professor of Business Administration, University of California - Berkeley
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