Universal electricity access is an important development objective, and the focus of a
number of key global UN initiatives. While robust electricity planning is widely believed to be …

The challenges of providing electricity to rural households are manifold. Ever increasing
demand–supply gap, crumbling electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure, high …

How do developing states decide who gets access to public goods like electricity, water, and
education? Power and the Vote breaks new ground by showing that the provision of …

A key objective of developing countries is to provide affordable access to modern energy
services in order to support economic and social development. The paper presents a …

Chapter 17 explores possible transformational pathways of the future global energy system
with the overarching aim of assessing the technological feasibility as well as the economic …

Energy poverty and lack of electricity in the rural area exacerbate the poverty of the
developing countries. The sustainable renewable technologies can be considered as …

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 …

Low income households living in the rural areas suffer from energy poverty and lack of
human and economic development. Currently, many governments of less developed …

In rural areas of developing countries, electrification projects with photovoltaic systems were
conceived as pilot projects with the implementation of a limited number of systems. After …