Eli5: Why is it so difficult for third-world countries to provide stable electricity to their citizens despite the technology being so abundant?

Question

The technology is readily available, people will pay to have access to it. Yet, a lot of people still don’t have this technology made available to them.

In: Economics

Answer 1

[It has been suggested that more than 20% of the total electricity generated in India is stolen. ](https://www.nature.com/articles/nenergy201644)