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| Author and Title |
Cecelski, Elizabeth, "Decentralised Rural Electrification for Sustainable Development: some issues and questions" |
| Article in |
Working Paper No. 77, Technology and Development Group, University of Twente, 1996 |
| Available online at |
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| End use |
Household energy |
| Energy technology |
Decentralised and grid electricity |
| Issue |
Energy and livelihoods; health impacts; employment of women; planning methodology |
| Level |
Research |
| Description |
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the development of criteria that could be used to evaluate social and economic development impacts of decentralised rural electrification. It raises some selected issues and questions about the benefits and impacts of decentralised rural electrification, in the context of past findings on rural electrification. The emphasis is on objectives frequently cited in the literature on decentralised rural electrification, and on those benefits and impacts that may be unique to decentralised sources of electricity.
Objectives examined include meeting energy needs of rural households; increasing rural incomes and productivity; improving rural standards of living; environment, health and safety; and reducing foreign inputs of technology, skills and money. While this paper does not claim to be a complete review of decentralised rural electrification benefits, the author considers that some benefits of rural electrification-whether grid or decentralised-have been exaggerated, while others may have been underestimated. |
This bibliography item provided with financial support of the Department for International Development of the UK Government (DFID) and ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy
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