And then they lived sustainably ever after?-Assessment of rural electrification cases by means of indicators

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2674-2684

  Ilskog, Elisabeth ^a   Kjellström, Björn ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Rural Electrification; Sustainability Indicators

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; RURAL AREAS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION;

ACCESSIBILITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; PATRON-CLIENT RELATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44649117078     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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