A review of impacts of electricity tariff reform in Africa

TW Klug, AD Beyene, TH Meles, MA Toman, S Hassen… - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
African power sectors are plagued with financial unsustainability, low rates of grid
connection, and high consumer prices relative to other regions in the Global South. Reforms …

Stacking up the ladder: A panel data analysis of Tanzanian household energy choices

J Choumert-Nkolo, PC Motel, L Le Roux - World Development, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy-use statistics in Tanzania reflect the country's low level of industrialization and
development. In 2016, only 16.9% of rural and 65.3% of urban inhabitants in mainland …

Energy poverty in Uganda: Evidence from a multidimensional approach

VF Ssennono, JM Ntayi, F Buyinza, F Wasswa… - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy poverty measurement has taken various approaches with the most preferred being
Multidimensional in nature. This paper augments the multidimensional energy poverty …

Assessing energy security within the electricity sector in the West African economic and monetary union: Inter-country performances and trends analysis with policy …

KHS Tete, YM Soro, SS Sidibé, RV Jones - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the energy security performance of the electricity sectors of the West
African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) countries using Multiple-criteria Decision …

Towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 in sub‐Saharan Africa: Role of governance and renewable energy

A Haldar, N Sethi, PK Jena… - Sustainable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Energy poverty plagues the sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) region and impedes its socio‐
economic development. It is impossible to attain sustainable‐development without …

Willingness to pay for electricity access in extreme poverty: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

M Sievert, J Steinbuks - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Improving electricity access in low-income countries is complicated because of high service
costs and low electricity consumption levels in rural areas. This study elucidates this …

Why is household electricity uptake low in Sub-Saharan Africa?

MP Blimpo, A Postepska, Y Xu - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper uses recent individual and household-level data from various sources covering
over 30 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, along with qualitative fieldwork in selected …

Examining fuel choice patterns through household energy transition index: an alternative to traditional energy ladder and stacking models

K Waleed, FM Mirza - Environment, development and sustainability, 2023 - Springer
The transition toward cleaner fuels is considered an essential component to achieve
sustainable economic development due to its environmental and health-related implications …

Global transportation decarbonization

D Rapson, E Muehlegger - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2023 - aeaweb.org
Replacing fossil fuels in the name of decarbonization is necessary but will be particularly
difficult due to their as-yet unrivaled bundle of attributes: abundance, ubiquity, energy …

[HTML][HTML] Energy market integration: Harmonizing tariff recourse policies in East Africa

ME Rubanda, L Senyonga, M Ngoma, MS Adaramola - Utilities Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study uses pattern-matching to analyze the tariff recourse policies employed by East
African Community (EAC) countries to cushion the distortionary effects of high tariffs. We …