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Access to Energy Services for the Rural Poor : Priorities, Processes and Innovative Solutions from the Field

Editor: Minoru Takada, Kamal Rijal, Bob Havard
Access to Energy Services for the Rural Poor : Priorities, Processes and Innovative Solutions from the Field
Retail Price: $145.95
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ISBN: 9781844073603
Format: Hardcover

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* Hands-on advice for providing energy to hundreds of millions of rural poor people with key solutions for achieving the Millennium Development Goals* The first authoritative guide for business, governments, and communities on how to develop emerging rural energy markets* Covers market conditions and policy, Public???Private Partnerships, energy delivery, income-generating opportunities and poverty alleviation across the world??'s emerging markets Hundreds of millions of people in rural areas do not have access to modern energy services, creating a severe impediment to eradicating poverty, meeting the Millennium Development Goals, and improving health, education, economic opportunity and social development. This comprehensive manual details the latest knowledge about energy supply worldwide in terms of provision, policy, and how it can be implemented and extended at national, regional and local levels. The book comprises five core themes: * integrating energy access concerns into macro and sectoral policy strategies* delivering energy services through institutions* developing productive/income-generating activities such as household/micro ventures using energy services* financing for rural energy services for the poor* linking micro (downstream) evidence to macro development. The manual is the authoritative source of information for those in government, business and industry, and development and aid, who are addressing the problems and opportunities of supplying reliable, sustainable energy to the hundreds of millions of rural poor.