Energy

● Wisdom Akpalu (GIMPA) and co-authors, advised by Ethan Ligon (UC Berkeley) and Pierre Biscaye (UC Berkeley), are using difference-in-differences to examine household electricity consumption behavior in Ghana and estimate how prepaid meters may affect the welfare of households in different income quintiles.
● Opeyemi Amusan (University of Ibadan) and co-authors, advised by David Levine (UC Berkeley), are assessing the impact of energy recovery from organic waste on health and environment, youth employment, and economic empowerment. The study is being implemented in a small community in Accra and the findings will feed directly into the Ministry of Energy’s decision to scale up the intervention to other parts of Ghana.