Moussa Richard K
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (ENSEA), Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
Heliyon. 2022 Dec 30;9(1):e12726. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12726. eCollection 2023 Jan.
In Côte d'Ivoire, only 31.3% of peoples living in rural areas have access to the grid electricity. With the potential of solar energy of the country, the solar home system provides a crucial alternative that is being exploited by households. This paper analyses the effect of the adoption of solar home system on entrepreneurship in off-grid areas using the data from the 2015's Living Standard Measurement Survey of Côte d'Ivoire. The estimates show that access to solar home system increases by 6.5% points the probability of engaging in entrepreneurial activities. This result holds for the trade, industry, and service sectors, while there is no evidence for the agricultural sector. Hence, the expansion of solar home system - as alternative to electricity grid in off-grid areas - has benefits for alleviating poverty via the promotion of entrepreneurship.
在科特迪瓦，只有31.3%的农村居民能够用上电网供电。鉴于该国的太阳能潜力，太阳能家用系统提供了一种重要的替代方案，正被家庭所采用。本文利用2015年科特迪瓦生活水平测量调查的数据，分析了采用太阳能家用系统对离网地区创业活动的影响。估计结果显示，使用太阳能家用系统使从事创业活动的概率提高了6.5个百分点。这一结果在贸易、工业和服务业领域成立，但在农业部门没有证据支持。因此，在离网地区扩大太阳能家用系统作为电网供电的替代方案，通过促进创业活动对减轻贫困具有益处。
