Tanzania Energy-Sector Impact Evaluation
Prepared for:
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Impacts of Low-Cost-Connection Offers in Tanzania: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (In Focus Brief)
Associated Project
Key Findings
Impacts of low-cost-connection offers:
- Increased connection rates by 13 percentage points.
- Increased electricity consumption, consumption of grid electricity, ownership of electric tools, time spent watching television, and perceived safety.
- Increased reported illness among children and youth.
- Reduced poverty, as measured by per capita daily consumption.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s energy-sector project was designed to promote economic growth and curb poverty in Tanzania. Mathematica conducted an evaluation of two project components: impacts of building new lines to the electricity grid; and outcomes from offering low-cost-connections to households in a subset of communities. This brief summarizes the impacts of low-cost-connection offers in Tanzania.
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