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Electricity transmission, distribution losses and economic growth in South Africa

Samuel Adams1, Francis Atsu1, Edem Mensah Klobodu1,2

  • 1Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), School of Public Service and Governance, AH 50, Achimota, Accra-Ghana.

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|December 9, 2020
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Autoregressive distributed lagEconomic growthEconomicsElectrical engineeringElectricity infrastructureEnergyEnergy conservationEnergy economicsEnergy policySouth AfricaTransmission and distribution losses

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