Brazil Background Study for a National Rural Electrification Strategy : Aiming for Universal Access

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT;    BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES;    BUSINESS MODELS;    CAPITAL COSTS;    CAPTIVE USERS;   

RP-ID  :  32850

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

According to data from the 2000 Census,about 27 percent of Brazil's rural population stilllacks access to electricity. This represents more than 2.5million households. In comparison, the same statistic isabout 20 percent in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. The figureincludes the achievements of the Luz no Campo program, whichwill complete its first implementation phase with more than600,000 new connections, but also users with precarious orillegal access to electricity. One important message fromthe census data is that the absence of a basic and modernenergy source affects particularly low-income families,which end up paying a much higher price for energy serviceper kWh (because they use batteries) and living with poorquality lighting (from kerosene or LPG lamps), or both.