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Record Nr.

UNINA9910222225603321

Autore

Mapako M. C.

Titolo

Renewables and energy for rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa / / edited by Maxwell Mapako and Abel Mbewe ; contributing authors, Semere Habtetsion [and seven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Zed Books, , 2013

©2004

ISBN

1-84813-770-2

1-281-25889-X

9786611258894

1-84813-080-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

African Energy Policy Research Series

Disciplina

333.794150967

Soggetti

Renewable energy sources - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Energy policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Rural electrification - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Rural development - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Overview -- pt. 3. Zimbabwe -- pt. 4. Zambia -- pt. 5. Botswana -- pt. 6. Ethiopia -- pt. 7. Eritrea -- pt. 8. Data and statistics.

Sommario/riassunto

Energy supply is a key factor in economic and social development, but lack of modern energy in rural areas limits efforts to alleviate poverty and improve living standards. This book identifies the options for providing modern and improved renewables-based energy to low-income rural areas, with special emphasis on the productive uses. In the five countries represented - Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Zambia and Zimbabwe - the contributors focus on the advantages of a decentralized approach to energy delivery, the role of income-generating activities in attracting modern energy services to rural