Poverty, energy, and resource use in developing countries: Focus on Africa

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 348-357

  Kammen, Daniel M ^a,b,c   Kirubi, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Poverty; Renewable energy; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOMASS ENERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; POVERTY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLAR ENERGY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 45549086301     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.030     Document Type: Review

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