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

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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.

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Out power grid is paid for by users, and much of our economy is supported by taxes. Theres a minimum standard pur leaders must provide for the income to keep happening.

Some countries have whats known as the resource curse. The leaders get their primary funding by extracting resources. Things important to this process will have reliable power, roads, water etc.  Its just that tax paying citizens aren’t a requirement for this system, so the people aren’t a priority.

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