Persistent low electricity access continues to plague Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and has
been made more obvious due to the precarious nature of adopted energisation schemes …

This paper estimates the impact of electrification on employment growth by analyzing South
Africa's mass roll-out of electricity to rural households. Using several new data sources and …

Energy use is closely linked to quality of life in rural Africa. The gathering of fuel-wood and
other traditional fuels is a strenuous and time consuming task mainly performed by women; …

This paper documents South Africa's electrification programme from the late 1980s to the
present. The primary aim of the paper is to present the reader with an overview of the policy …

Access to clean, affordable and appropriate energy is an important enabler of development.
Energy allows households to meet their most basic subsistence needs; it is a central feature …

Although Africa is the most under-supplied region of the world for electricity, its economies
are utterly dependent on it. There are enormous inequalities in electricity access, with …

With the lowest access to electricity in the world, the country of Liberia, West Africa, has
efforts underway for electrification through a fossil based centralized scheme around its …

Does democracy affect basic service delivery? If yes, who benefits, and which elements of
democracy matter—enfranchisement, the liberalization of political organization, or both? In …

Electrification programmes and projects are usually planned and evaluated on the basis of
their economic (financial) and socio-economic performance. It is not usually recognised that …

Abstract In South Africa, as in much of sub-Saharan Africa, strong urbanization trends lead to
people settling in ever less suitable informal locations, which are often considered ineligible …