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Cost-Effectiveness of Solar-Powered LED Reading Lamps in Burkina Faso

Cost-Effectiveness of Solar-Powered LED Reading Lamps in Burkina Faso

Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466650435|ISBN10: 1466650435|EISBN13: 9781466650442
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5043-5.ch011
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Valeda F. Dent, et al. "Cost-Effectiveness of Solar-Powered LED Reading Lamps in Burkina Faso." Rural Community Libraries in Africa: Challenges and Impacts, IGI Global, 2014, pp.203-221. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5043-5.ch011

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V. Dent, G. Goodman, & M. Kevane (2014). Cost-Effectiveness of Solar-Powered LED Reading Lamps in Burkina Faso. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5043-5.ch011

Chicago

Valeda F. Dent, Geoff Goodman, and Michael Kevane. "Cost-Effectiveness of Solar-Powered LED Reading Lamps in Burkina Faso." In Rural Community Libraries in Africa: Challenges and Impacts. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5043-5.ch011

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Abstract

A small-scale project to induce more reading among 5th and 6th graders in rural Burkina Faso by providing them with solar-powered LED lamps indeed increased reading for students in villages without preexisting libraries, but did not affect reading capabilities. The research aimed to establish the magnitude of effects after one year when 10-14 year-olds in rural African villages with small community libraries were given solar-powered lamps for night reading. The effects measured were reading habits (how much did students read?) and reading capabilities (how well could students read and comprehend what they read?). Once village effects were controlled, the lamps had statistically significant effects on reading habits for students in villages without preexisting libraries. The effect sizes were modest, ranging from .20 to .25. There were no effects on reading test scores. A cost-effectiveness metric to use for comparing with other studies of education interventions then is that expenditure of $1 per student on a solar-powered LED reading lamp distribution program generated about a 1% increase in reading, with no apparent effect on reading capabilities.

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