In contexts similar to El Salvador, lowering the up-front costs for formal household electricity connections can be effective at increasing such connections. The evaluation showed that in El Salvador where electrification rates were already close to 80% of the population in the Northern Zone, and where household income was around $2,400, providing a subsidy of 20% or 50% of the connection fee to a household for an electricity connection was effective at increasing connections Connection fee subsidies may be viable in other countries with similarly high rates of electricity access.
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