Electrification of mountainous rural areas and development: A case study of Eastern Pamirs

Q1 Social Sciences

Electricity Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.tej.2023.107307

Elkhan Richard Sadik-Zada , Andrea Gatto , Nasiba Sodatshoeva

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Abstract

The present study investigates the nexus between electrification of the mountainous rural areas and selected indicators of socioeconomic development, such as household income, learning hours, and fuel choices in cooking behavior. The empirical investigation is based on the field survey in the recently electrified Yapshor and non-electrified Deh villages of the Rushan district of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. The study reveals a strong positive impact of electrification of these villages on the level of household income and daily learning hours of school-age children. Getting electricity access leads to a 34–48% increase in household income and to 71–95 min of additional daily learning hours for school-age children. Furthermore, electricity access also strongly contributes to the substitution of firewood, coal, or animal manure with clean electricity for cooking. Due to individual taste preferences there is, however, still a substantial percentage of village dwellers who have not shifted to clean electricity for cooking.

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山区农村电气化与发展——以帕米尔高原东部为例

本研究调查了山区农村地区的电气化与选定的社会经济发展指标之间的关系，如家庭收入、学习时间和烹饪行为中的燃料选择。实证调查基于对塔吉克斯坦戈尔诺-巴达赫尚自治区乳山区最近通电的Yapshor和未通电的Deh村的实地调查。研究表明，这些村庄的电气化对家庭收入水平和学龄儿童的日常学习时间产生了强烈的积极影响。获得电力可使家庭收入增加34-48%，学龄儿童的每日学习时间增加71-95分钟。此外，电力供应也有力地促进了用清洁电力替代木柴、煤炭或动物粪便进行烹饪。然而，由于个人的口味偏好，仍有相当一部分农村居民没有改用清洁电力做饭。

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Electricity Journal Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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5.80

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31 days

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