Cultivating energy, reducing poverty: Biofuel development in an Indonesian village

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-132

  Amir, Sulfikar ^a   Nurlaila, Ida ^a   Yuliar, Sonny ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Energy policy; Indonesia; Jatropha curcas; Poverty; Rural agriculture

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; ENERGY POLICY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POWER GENERATION; VILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 50649092712     PISSN: 15691500     EISSN: 15691497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156914908X318474     Document Type: Article

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