Firm Performance and Electricity Usage in Small Manufacturing and Service Firms in Ghana
In recent years, interest in electrification has risen substantially among governments in developing countries and donor organisations. Productive uses of electricity are particularly seen as a promising way to contribute to economic development. This paper examines the impact of electricity usage on the performance of micro-enterprises in the Brong Ahafo Region in Ghana. Using cross-sectional firm-level data from the service and manufacturing sector, we investigate the impact of being connected to the electricity grid on firm profits. No significant difference can be observed with the result being robust across different methods like Ordinary Least Squares and an instrumented variables approach.
Peters, J., M. Sievert und C. Vance Ph.D. (2013), Firm Performance and Electricity Usage in Small Manufacturing and Service Firms in Ghana. In Lucius Mayer-Tasch, Mohua Mukherjee und Kilian Reiche (Hrsg.), Productive Use of Energy - PRODUSE. Measuring Impacts of Electrification on Small and Micro-Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), 75-93.