For most of the last century, we’ve used a single metric to understand how a society is doing in supplying its citizens with power: electrification rates. By that standard, most of Latin America is doing very well, with 97 percent of households in the region having access. But the binary metric of whether people have electricity access or not can be misleading. It fails to … [Read more...] about The Energy Access Dividend: Accelerating off-grid solutions and bolstering reliability can generate big gains in Honduras and Haiti
Energy Access
Enhancing Rural Electrification and its Productive Use in Bolivia
In 2010, the IDB approved its first Programme of Rural Electrification (PER) in Bolivia, of which the objective was to grant access to electricity to the most remote areas of Bolivia. It resulted in more than 3,000 km of distribution lines and two transmission lines of 200 km that became operational in 2015. Now, Bolivia is looking to enhance rural electrification and its … [Read more...] about Enhancing Rural Electrification and its Productive Use in Bolivia
Light for rural education: more Energy to reduce School Dropout
New evidence shows that light improves the potential learning of citizens and may help reduce the cycle of poverty. Rural electrification may have a direct impact on reducing primary school dropout, a recent study published by the IDB's Energy Division shows that Schooling is associated with the reduction of child labor and is considered an important step in the search to … [Read more...] about Light for rural education: more Energy to reduce School Dropout
Where is Pokigron? Lighting up and developing a community identity
In the norther region of South America, in a small village surrounded by the forest and by the not distant Atlantic Ocean, a group of young students in a rural school learn about the graphic representation of earth. In the world map, these pupils could see their country sharing border with Brazil, Guyana and French Guiana, but they could also identify their own … [Read more...] about Where is Pokigron? Lighting up and developing a community identity