This paper starts by outlining some of the key concerns regarding poverty and sustainable livelihoods. Noting that the role of energy in these is often not fully recognised, it then explores energy as a strategic issue in poverty, and…
The Community Development Toolkit contains two main parts:
17 Tools intended for use throughout the project cycle and which cover the assessment, planning, management, and evaluation phases of community development as well as…
Char Montaz, an isolated rural island in southern Bangladesh is the setting for a model project to deliver low-cost renewable energy services. The project has popularized the use of renewable energy, accelerated this isolated community’s…
The study's principal objective was to develop a practical method to measure the benefits of rural electrification. This method involved both formal and informal techniques of data collection; quantitative and qualitative methods of…
