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Funding for access to electricity by the willingness to pay of rural households in Cameroon

Do you know that it is possible to electrify 14,103 rural households in one year, with no contribution from the state, from a 60-Wp solar kit, providing a capacity of 300 Wh per day?

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The purpose of this reflection is to appreciate the importance that households attach to electricity, by assessing the share of income they are willing to sacrifice to have access.

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Electricity is considered one of the keys to economic and social development, and its availability contributes to poverty reduction, not only through economic growth, but also by the satisfaction of basic needs and health education (SIHAG et al., 2004) [1] .

The observation is done in rural Cameroon is that electricity as a source of lighting energy is used by 21.7% of the rural population, while 63.5% of the population use kerosene for the same purpose. That makes it the main source of energy for lighting in rural areas.

The emphasis on a consumer has been highlighted by an economist in the 19th century ( WALRAS , 1874) [2] . His analysis begins with the concept of "value-utility" and considers that only account for a consumer satisfaction, the price of the property depending on its degree of usefulness: if a good (or service) is rare but found very useful by a consumer it will be ready to acquire a high price, but this degree of utility decreases gradually as the degree of customer satisfaction increases. Meanwhile, the price that a consumer is willing to pay falls as and when the need is satisfied, which means that the more a good is produced in large quantities, or when a service is accessible to the greatest number, individual attaches less importance, and there is less and less willing to pay a high price. ( theory of value ........ )

The emphasis on the use of electricity will be assessed by observing the willingness to pay (WTP) for this source of household energy per month and from the share of income that can be allocated to electricity, an econometric approach from the CAP contingent valuation has also been implemented ...............

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[1] SIHAG, AR, MISRA, N. and Sharma, V. (2004),''Impact of Power Sector Reform is the Poor: case-studies of South and South-East Asia ", Energy for Sustainable Development, Vol VIII, No. 4, December, New Delhi.
[2] Walras, L. (1874), Elements of pure economics, economic Complete Works VIII (1988), Oxford

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ACCESSION

• Member of International Network for Access to Sustainable Energy (RIAED): View my profile
• Member of the network of researchers from the AUF - Economic Analysis and Development: View my profile

PERSONAL PROFILE

• respectful of colleagues and superiors;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Ability to work effectively as a team under pressure and in an atmosphere of cooperation.

EXPERTISE

• Modeling and economic analysis;
• analyzes costs and benefits;
• Directed market research and feasibility studies
• qualitative and quantitative development and administration surveys, establishment of databases, processing and analysis of data from various software: SPSS, SPAD, STATA, DAD
• Renewable energy, sustainable development.

EXPERIENCE

• 2010: A plea for reducing the costs of electricity and water in Cameroon. Produced with the support of the Cameroon-European Union Cooperation Programme / Support to the Structuring of Civil Society (PASOC). Consultant for the NGO Action for Global Development Strategy (ASDEG) . September-October.
  
• 2010: Light4all.cm Project - Feasibility studies on willingness to pay and the mechanisms of acquisition of solar lanterns for rural households in Cameroon. Consultant Environment for the firm Rainbow Consult. See the final report

Main duties: Preparation of the questionnaire on willingness to pay for solar lanterns for rural households; Conducting the field study, analysis of data collected and return results of the study Establishing a strategy for distributing solar lanterns in rural areas.

From 2005-2006: tutorials in the Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaounde II.

• Lessons run in first year: Macroeconomics, Mathematics, Microeconomics, Statistics.
• Lessons run in the second year: Macroeconomics, Mathematics, Microeconomics, Statistics.
• Lessons run in the third year Econometrics, Operations Research, Statistics inferential.

September 2005-March 2006: Internship at the Agency for Regulation of the Electricity Sector in Cameroon (ARSEL) Under the direction of the studies, Foresight and standardization.

Lecturer at the Higher Institute of Applied Technology and Management (ISTAG) since January 2007. Teachings: Market and Operations Research .

TRAINING

• 2005: Diploma (DEA) in Economics - University of Yaounde II.
• 2002-2003: Admission to Postgraduate Program in Economics Inter University (YNP).
• 2002: Master of Science Economics, University of Yaounde II, Option Quantitative Techniques;
• 2001: Degree in Economics, University of Yaounde II, Option Quantitative Techniques;
• 2000: Degree in Economics - University of Yaounde II
• 1997: Baccalauréat, option "mathematics and natural sciences."

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

• PhD in progress:'' Electric power and multidimensional poverty in Cameroon''. Supervisor: Professor Roger Tsafack NANFOSSO
• ''The contribution of energy to reducing rural poverty in Cameroon'': study funded by TrustAfrica and the Center for International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Published in the Journal of Economics and Management, No. 10 , April 2010.
• RIAED: ''Electricity and lighting: is there a difference? Has what we really need? " ': Read this article
• RIAED:'' State subsidy and energy transition in rural Cameroon'' : Read this article .
• RIAED: ''Effectiveness of the electricity sector and social welfare in Cameroon'': Read this article
• RIAED: "The supply of energy in the achievement of MDGs in Cameroon " Read this article
• Thesis: ''Privatization and Welfare: the case of electricity in Cameroon''.
• Journal Cameroon from 09/08/2010: Rising prices of electricity in Cameroon is justified? Read
• Journal of Cameroon from 30/12/2009 : The call price in Cameroon: Competition or monopoly in disguise? Read
• funding access to electricity by the willingness to pay of rural households in Cameroon (Article already drafted); Read the abstract

SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS ...

• December 2009: Exhibition of Towns in the West (ODS): Invited to Roundtable " Environment and importance of renewable energy to improve living conditions of people of West Cameroon . Paper presented: "Renewable energy and regional development in Western Cameroon." Bandjoun, 8-11 December. See my presentation
• October 2009: Days of Excellence for Scientific Research and Innovation in Cameroon (JERSIC), Yaounde, 26-30 October. Participating in the workshop''''Renewables.
• October 2009: International Symposium: Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals, Tlemcen, Algeria, October 11 to 13. Paper presented: The contribution of energy to alleviate poverty in rural Cameroon. See my presentation
• August 2009: Seminar restitution research funded by TrustAfrica , Douala, 10-11 August. See my presentation
• May 2008 Rapporteur at Enterprise Days, organized by the Groupement Inter employers of Cameroon (GICAM), Douala.
• November 2005: Participation in the seminar on preparing for the World Summit of the WTO in December 2005 under the theme: Trade Negotiations and Development for the CEMAC: EPAs and WTO. Initiated by International Lawyers and Economists against Poverty (ILEAP), Yaoundé, 1-2 November. List of Participants
• November-December 2003: Participation in the survey for the drafting of a National Report on Trade Unions in Cameroon, under the direction of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Cameroon.
• July-September 2003: Participation in the Campus Common electives in Niamey, Niger. Specialty: Industrial Economics; Option: Public Economics

OTHER INFORMAT ION
reliable Computer Skills: Tools Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Software used
- E-views (Econometrics), LINGO (Operations Research), SPSS, STATA, SPAD; GANTT PROJECT

Languages:
· French: read, spoken and written.
· English: Medium.

Entertainment : Reading, Sport (Base Ball, Volley Ball, Tennis). Referee
National Base Ball and Soft Ball.