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9781853394874

Energy for Rural Livelihoods

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  • ISBN13:

    9781853394874

  • ISBN10:

    1853394874

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-02-28
  • Publisher: Practical Action Pub

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Summary

The energy challenge for the 21st century is to integrate social priorities, environmental issues, financial constraints, gender differences, demographic characteristics, technical considerations, and institutional frameworks into a coherent decision-making framework. Energy for Rural Livelihoods is an accessible, illustrated guidance manual for this task.

Author Biography

Yacob Mulugetta is Lecturer in Environmental Management at the Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Acknowledgements ix
List of boxes x
List of figures xi
List of tables xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
1 Introduction 1(8)
Energy services and rural livelihoods
2(2)
Decision making in the rural energy sector
4(1)
Purpose of the manual
5(1)
The structure of the manual
6(3)
2 Energy services and technology choice 9(17)
Introduction
9(1)
Assessment methods for energy demand and supply
10(7)
Technology and skills
17(3)
Standards, specifications and quality control
20(5)
Summary and conclusion
25(1)
3 Social development assessment 26(27)
Introduction
26(1)
Social assessment methods and tools
26(11)
Applying social assessment methods and tools
37(14)
Summary and conclusions
51(2)
4 Economic and financial appraisal 53(19)
Introduction
53(1)
Some discussion
54(1)
The principles of economic appraisal
55(1)
Economic appraisal methods
56(10)
Limitations of financial appraisal
66(4)
Summary and conclusions
70(2)
5 Environmental and resource assessment 72(22)
Introduction
72(1)
Environmental analysis techniques
73(17)
Discussion on energy, environment and development
90(3)
Summary and conclusions
93(1)
6 Institutional appraisal and development 94(28)
Introduction
94(1)
Institutions in the energy sector
95(5)
Applying institutional assessment methods and tools
100(21)
Summary and conclusions
121(1)
7 Case study: energy services for the Satsy cooperative 122(25)
Introduction
122(2)
Social development needs
124(5)
Technology considerations
129(5)
Economic assessment: pre-feasibility study
134(2)
Environmental consideration
136(5)
Institutional development
141(4)
Case study conclusion
145(2)
References 147(4)
Index 151

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