Brazil Background Study for a National Rural Electrification Strategy : Aiming for Universal Access

According to data from the 2000 Census, about 27 percent of Brazil's rural population still lacks access to electricity. This represents more than 2.5 million households. In comparison, the same statistic is about 20 percent in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. The figure includes the achievements of the Luz no Campo program, which will complete its first implementation phase with more than 600,000 new connections, but also users with precarious or illegal access to electricity. One important message from the census data is that the absence of a basic and modern energy source affects particularly low-income families, which end up paying a much higher price for energy service per kWh (because they use batteries) and living with poor quality lighting (from kerosene or LPG lamps), or both.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2005-03
Subjects:	BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUSINESS MODELS, CAPITAL COSTS, CAPTIVE USERS, CARBON, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE CHANGE, COAL, COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, CONCESSION AGREEMENTS, COVERS, DEBT, DECENTRALIZED RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, DIESEL GENERATORS, DIESEL SYSTEMS, DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EFFECTIVE ALLOCATION, ELECTRIC LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL ENERGY, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY ACCESS, ELECTRICITY COMPANY, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, ELECTRICITY SERVICE, ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY MARKET, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY SECTOR, ENERGY SERVICES, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, EXPENDITURES, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL VIABILITY, GENERATION EQUIPMENT, GENERATORS, GRID EXPANSION, GRID EXTENSION, GRIDS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCOME, INCOME LEVELS, INTEREST RATES, LEARNING, MARKET STRUCTURE, MINES, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATURAL GAS, POLICY DECISIONS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POWER GENERATION, POWER INDUSTRY, POWER PRODUCERS, POWER SECTOR, PRESENT VALUE, PRICE SIGNALS, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMS, QUALITY STANDARDS, QUOTAS, REGULATORY AGENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, RESIDENTIAL USERS, RURAL ELECTRICITY, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY, SMALL HYDROPOWER, SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS, STAKEHOLDERS, STRUCTURES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOOLS, TRADEOFFS, TRANSACTION COSTS, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNIVERSAL SERVICE, WILLINGNESS TO PAY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/6046544/brazil-background-study-national-rural-electrification-strategy-aiming-universal-access https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18075
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