Understanding the Impact of Rural Electrification in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India
The Rockefeller Foundation's Smart Power for Rural Development (SPRD) has allocated $75 million to accelerate development in India's least electrified states. This report contains key insights into how SPRD has impacted rural villages through the deployment of decentralized renewable energy-mini grids.
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Understanding the Impact of Rural Electrification explores the impacts of the SPRD and what further steps are necessary to sustain and scale these achievements. This report uses the GDP+ approach, which quantifies the environmental, social, and economic gains of electricity access in terms of GDP. Highlights include a focus the productive use benefits of energy access and the finding that women often feel safer and more mobile after dark.