Title Electricity access in Sub-Saharan Africa : uptake, reliability, and complementary factors for economic impact / Moussa P. Blimpo and Malcolm Cosgrove-Davies

Published Washington, DC : The World Bank, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 140 pages) : color illustrations, color maps Series Africa development forum Africa development forum. Summary This paper provides evidence on how the provision of social infrastructure, such as reliable electricity, can be leveraged to increase taxation in developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, using comprehensive data from the latest round of the Afrobarometer survey, the paper uses the instrumental variable approach to estimate the effect of access to and reliability of electricity on the tax compliance attitudes of citizens in 36 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The evidence shows a significant positive effect of electrification on tax compliance attitudes, with potentially strong externalities. The analysis also finds that the reliability of supply is crucial in explaining the impact of electricity access on attitudes toward taxes. Second, the paper provides suggestive evidence on national identity as one channel driving this impact. Access to social amenities such as electricity induces a sense of national identity among citizens, thereby incentivizing them to contribute, through taxes, toward the functioning of the state. Third, using data from the most recent World Bank Enterprise Surveys and under conservative assumptions, the paper estimates that countries in the region could in total generate additional tax revenues of more than Notes "A copublication of the Agence française de développement and the World Bank." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 27, 2019) Subject Electric utilities -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Electric industries -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Rural electrification -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Electric power production -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Electric power-plants -- Taxation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Tax assessment -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Power resources -- Africa, Sub-Saharan BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Tax assessment Rural electrification Electric utilities Electric power production Electric power-plants -- Taxation Electric industries Power resources Sub-Saharan Africa Form Electronic book Author Cosgrove-Davies, Mac, 1957- Agence française de développement, issuing body. ISBN 9781464813771 1464813779

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