Children's education and home electrification: A case study in northwestern Madagascar

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2866-2874

  Daka, Karen Rajaona ^a   Ballet, Jérôme ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Education; Electrification; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIFICATION; MADAGASCAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMALL TOWNS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

EDUCATION;

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRIFICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMALL TOWN;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 79953317014     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.060     Document Type: Article

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