The Economics of Renewable Energy Expansion in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa

Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan Africa will require massive expansion of access to electricity--currently reaching only about one third of households. This paper explores how essential economic development might be reconciled with the need to keep carbon emissions in check. We develop a geog...

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Main Authors: Deichmann, Uwe, Meisner, Craig, Murray, Siobhan, Wheeler, David
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5611