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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Energy Poverty"”.
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Woodfuel in Rwanda impact on energy, poverty and the environment
… how the current woodfuel industry impacts on energy, poverty and forests. From a desk research on secondary data, woodfuel production, demand, supply and use were documented and their legal and regulatory framework were analysed. Policy instruments were examined to assess their conformity to …
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Assessing United States Energy Poverty Policy: Regulatory Design Alternatives and Resource Allocation
Guaranteeing sufficient and affordable access to energy services is increasingly critical as climate change continues to worsen, energy costs increase due to the need to meet decarbonization goals, and the trend in general inequality among citizens persists. To ensure the affordability of energy …
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Migrant remittances, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 and energy poverty in Sri Lanka
Modern, clean energy is seen as the golden thread that connects economic growth, human development, and environmental sustainability. However, almost 2.4 billion people worldwide still use solid fuels for cooking, exacerbating energy poverty and endangering human health and the environment. …
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Investigating household energy poverty in South Africa by using unidimensional and multidimensional measures
… to access affordable, reliable and modern energy services presents a pathway to social and economic development. Yet, the lack of access to modern energy services is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and developing Asia. Following the declaration to achieve universal access to energy by 2030 …
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Why South Africa's energy-poverty policy ignores female well-being : a case of non-decision-making?
… the burden associated with fulfilling domestic energy requirements. Despite this, energy-poverty policies like the Free Basic Alternative Energy Policy of 2007 ignore the specific challenges faced by women such as the financial implications of procuring daily domestic energy. This study adds …
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Crowd sourcing energy poverty data in South African informal settlements: the opportunity of mobile phone technology
Energy poverty undermines development at a large scale. It is most overtly experienced in informal settlements, where the use of fuels like paraffin, charcoal and wood prove hazardous and harmful to health and wellbeing. The expenditure on and use of energy services in informal settlements are …
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Assessment of household energy access: the Progress out of Energy Poverty Index (PEPI) toolkit for the microfinance sector
Sustainable energy for all is one of the explicit goals of the United Nation’s post-2015 development agenda, aiming to overcome the unaffordability, unavailability and unsustainability of energy supply. It refers to the one third of the world’s population that still relies on intermittent or …
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Energy Poverty and Access Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Regional Organizations in Overcoming the Problem
Energy access has gained a lot of attention following the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which under Goal 7 emphasizes the access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. Energy is central in addressing the major global challenges of the 21st century, …
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Analysis of Household Energy Poverty on Human Development Outcomes in South Africa, Using the National Income Dynamics Survey (NIDS)
… in the country's rural areas, widespread energy poverty persists at the household level. To understand the dynamics of energy poverty at the micro-level, this dissertation examines how two different measures of energy poverty – namely, the Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (MEPI) and …
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Exploration of the benefits derived from free basic electricity programme in mitigating energy poverty and the impediments faced in its implementation in the Eastern Pondoland
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management Sciences: Public Administration and Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2019.
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Do solar water heaters improve access to hot water and reduce electricity costs? : the complexities of implementing energy poverty interventions in South African Townships : a case study of Nyanga Township
Solar energy is abundantly available in South Africa, but it is a highly under-utilised resource. One way of efficiently using the resource is solar water heating (swh), a natural process whereby hot water for domestic and/or industrial use is heated by the sun. In 2009, a national swh strategy was …
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The heterogeneous impacts of energy type and metering systems on household welfare: insights from Ghana and South Africa
… the multifaceted challenges associated with energy delivery and usage in emerging economies, focusing on their impacts on household welfare. It examines the differential effects of electricity and other primary energy sources on household enterprise income in Ghana, highlighting the …
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Guiding the renewable energy transition in developing countries : towards an integrated model of providing renewable energy in low income housing in Egypt
… communities, through community renewable energy (RE) initiatives, can be a way to achieve a just RE transition that would address energy poverty in developing countries. Previous research has explored different ways of integrating RE into low-income housing to address energy poverty; …
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Low carbon energy transitions for informal settlements: a case study of iShack South Africa
… do not have access to reliable, safe, and clean energy. Infrastructural constraints, poor service delivery, the inapt application of policy, and the financial constraints of those living in informal settlements all contribute towards this problem of energy poverty. This dissertation argues that …
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Cenários de consumo de energia domiciliar no estado do Rio de Janeiro: a contribuição da eficientização para uma reflexão sobre a pobreza energética
Energy efficiency has impacts in many areas, such as economy, environment and the quality of life enjoyed by individuals, as well as improved security of energy supply. In Brazil, there are already some energy efficiency programs to guide and encourage the practice of efficiency, including the …
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Accelerating productive energy access for the just transition among vulnerable communities; a case study of West Nile, Uganda
Sustainable enhancement of energy security has been considered crucial for a just transition towards low carbon sustainable socio-economic development including poverty eradication, job creation and decent employment, food security, among others. Nevertheless, multidimensional energy poverty is …
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An investigation of CCA-treated wood in informal caterers' fuel stocks and related airborne arsenic in the Cape Town region
In developing countries, energy poverty remains a challenge, impacting on the environment, health, security and well-being of an estimated 3 billion people. Fuel wood remains an important but environmentally problematic fuel in this context. The urban poor are known to make use not only of …
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An explorative study of the synergy between social enterprises and local micro-entrepreneurs in the provision of off-grid clean energy access
Alleviating energy poverty requires innovative and sustainable business models for delivering energy access. Social enterprises have entered off-grid clean energy access markets, pioneering innovative energy access business models, many of which involve the participation of local …
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An evaluation of human development through renewable energy provision in an offgrid Tsumkwe settlement area of Otjozondjupa region in Namibia
… populated rural areas of Namibia to alleviate poverty. The impact that the mini-grid has had on the target beneficiaries has not been fully quantified and qualified. This study evaluated, and documents such impacts, thus facilitating the motivation for replication on a wider scale. Quantitative …
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