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Rural electrification: The potential and limitations of solar power

The impacts of rural electrification on labour supply, income and health: Experimental evidence with solar lamps in Tanzania

Working paper 13 Feb 2018 Energy

Authors

Anna Aevarsdottir

Graduate Student, Institute for International Economic Studies

Nick Barton

PhD student, Goethe University Frankfurt

Tessa Bold

Associate Professor, Stockholm University
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