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    Impact Assessment of Solar Mini-grid, Solar Irrigation and Improved Cooking Stove Projects of IDCOL

    Hossain, Monzur; Karim, Azreen | June 2020
    Abstract
    One of the major pathways towards sustained and higher economic growth is through providing access to electricity in rural poor population excluded from grid-electricity connection due to geographical barriers. Since 2010, the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has been financing implementation of solar mini grid (SMG) projects as part of scaling up solar electricity in order to meet the higher electricity needs of the market, small enterprises and households. IDCOL has so far financed 23 solar mini-grid projects in rural remote areas. The objective of this study is to estimate the socio-economic benefits of solar mini-grid project of IDCOL. The study analyzes the impact of SMG adoption on households’ income, asset, educational and social outcomes using primary survey data of 2000 households. Access to SMG not only provided better electricity in terms of reliability and lighting coverage compared to IDCOL’s other renewable projects (e.g. Solar Home System); it also makes a positive impact on children’s education, income generation, improvement of quality of life, safety and security.
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    Hossain, Monzur; Karim, Azreen. 2020. Impact Assessment of Solar Mini-grid, Solar Irrigation and Improved Cooking Stove Projects of IDCOL. © Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/12175.
    Keywords
    Development In East Asia
    Development Planning
    Development Research
    Development Financing
    Development Policies
    Infrastructure Development
    Project Development
    Systems Design & Development
    Alternative energy development
    Energy Economics
    Renewable Energy
    ADB
    Development assistance
    Infrastructure projects
    Sustainable growth
    Energy
    Infrastructure projects
    Sustainable growth
    Energy
    Development policy
    Development strategy
    Infrastructure projects
    Alternative energy program
    Alternative energy technology
    Energy Subsidies
    Solar energy policy
    Development banks
    Infrastructure
    Joint venture
    Energy policy
    Renewable energy source
    Solar energy
    Energy development
    Technology
    Sun
    Energy resource
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    Hossain, Monzur
    Karim, Azreen
    Theme
    Development
    Energy

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