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Rural Electrification in sub-Saharan Africa: A Tier-Study of Electrification Mechanisms and their Practicality

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Rural Electrification in sub-Saharan Africa: A Tier-Study of Electrification Mechanisms and their Practicality
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FNP4QA
 
Creator Carletta, Samuel H.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description There has been a plethora of papers produced regarding rural electrification. However, few relate different methods of electrification to each other, given different socio-economic and geo-political environments. The Millennium Development Goals, established in 2000, prove that there is a collective desire for global electrification.
I studied three methods of rural electrification, national grid expansion, micro-grid implementation, and mimic solutions, and their practicality in different areas. There is no single formula for electrification. Rather, these three mechanisms act as different tiers, and countries and communities can choose what, specifically, works given their economic and environmental situation.
 
Subject Social Sciences
National Grid Expansion
Micro-grids
Mimic Solutions
 
Date 2017-05-10
 
Contributor Medeiros, Norm