Estimating Employment Effects of Powerlinks Transmission Limited Project in India and Bhutan

In 2003 International Finance Corporation (IFC) committed a loan of US $75 million to Powerlinks Transmission Limited (PTL) a joint venture company, to construct power transmission lines that helped evacuate hydropower from Bhutan to a number of States in north and east India. Unlike most studies which tend to focus on jobs created through construction and O&M (category one jobs) of power projects, this study looks at employment effects more comprehensively and also estimates category two jobs that are created- i.e. those jobs that are created as the increase in power supply brought by PTL helps firms expand their output and hence create more jobs. We also specifically focused on the impact of increased reliability in power supply through reduced power outages, on job creation. The purpose of the transmission system is to expand the capacity of the Indian grid, connecting the power surplus regions of east and northeast India with the power deficit region of north India. PTL commenced construction in November 2003 and achieved commercial operation in 2006. This is the first private sector transmission project in India as well as in a developing country in Asia. The objective of this study is to assess the employment effects of the Power links project in both India and Bhutan. Wherever possible, an effort was made to assess over development impact on welfare of people in India and Bhutan.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Format:	Case Study biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C. 2012-09
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING, AGRICULTURE, APPROACH, AVAILABILITY, AVAILABILITY OF POWER, AVAILABILITY OF POWER SUPPLY, BORDER TRADE, BUYING POWER, CEMENT, COAL, CONSUMERS, CREATING JOBS, CRUDE OIL, DAMAGES, DEMAND FOR POWER, DIESEL, DISPOSABLE INCOME, DISTRIBUTION LOSSES, DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, DIVIDENDS, ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC LIFE, ECONOMICS, ELASTICITY, ELECTRIC UTILITY, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY SALES, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, EMPLOYABILITY, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT EFFECT, EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS, EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT IMPACT, EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS, EMPLOYMENT INCREASE, EMPLOYMENT MULTIPLIER, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY SUPPLY, EXPORTS, FACTOR DEMAND, GDP, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS, GENERATION, GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY, GENERATOR, GREEN POWER, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS OUTPUT, HIGH EMPLOYMENT, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HUMAN RESOURCES, HYDRO PLANT, HYDRO POWER, HYDROELECTRIC PLANT, HYDROELECTRIC POWER, HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER PLANT, INCOME LEVELS, INFORMAL ECONOMY, INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT, INFORMAL SECTOR, INSURANCE, JOB CREATION, JOBS, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOR STATISTICS, LABOUR, LABOUR INTENSITY, LABOUR SUPPLY, MACROECONOMIC MODELS, MULTIPLIERS, NATURAL GAS, OUTPUTS, PEAK DEMAND, PEAK LOAD, PETROLEUM, POWER, POWER AVAILABILITY, POWER CAPACITY, POWER COMPANY, POWER CONSUMPTION, POWER CORPORATION, POWER CRISIS, POWER DISTRIBUTION, POWER GENERATION, POWER GENERATORS, POWER GRID, POWER OUTAGES, POWER REQUIREMENTS, POWER SECTOR, POWER STATION, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SYSTEM, POWER SYSTEMS, POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, PRIMARY SOURCE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTION FUNCTION, PRODUCTION PROCESS, PRODUCTION PROCESSES, RAW MATERIALS, REAL GDP, REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, SKILLED MANPOWER, SOURCE OF ENERGY, STATE POWER, STATE POWER UTILITY, SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, SUPPLY OF POWER, TEMPORARY WORKERS, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, TOTAL LABOR FORCE, TOTAL OUTPUT, TOTAL REVENUE, TRANSMISSION CAPACITY, TRANSMISSION LINE, TRANSMISSION LINES, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, UNDERESTIMATES, UNEMPLOYMENT, UTILITIES, WORKER, WORKERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/671171468017990099/Estimating-employment-effects-of-Powerlinks-Transmission-Limited-Project-in-India-and-Bhutan https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26713
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