Analysing the impact of electrification on rural attractiveness in Senegal with mobile phone data.

ABSTRACT: Reliable and affordable access to electricity has become one of the basic needs for humans and is, as such, at the top of the development agenda. It contributes to socio-economic development by transforming the whole spectrum of people's lives-food, education, healthcare. It spurs new economic opportunities, thus improving livelihoods. Using a comprehensive dataset of pseudonymized mobile phone records, we analyse the impact of electrification on attractiveness for rural areas in Senegal. We extract communication and mobility flows from call detail records and show that electrification is positively and specifically correlated with centrality measures within the communication network and with the volume of incoming visitors. This increased influence is however circumscribed to a limited sp

SUBMITTER: Salat H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8493192 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature