Improving electricity access in low-income countries is a challenging problem because of the high costs of grid … extension and low demand for grid electricity in rural areas. This study elucidates these constraints by analyzing poor … households' willingness-to-pay for different types of electricity access, including lower cost off-grid technologies. The …

This study investigates the impact of energy consumption on poverty reduction in a panel of 12 African countries over a … relationship exists between energy consumption and poverty level, which underscores the importance of energy in poverty reduction … stability have significant effect on poverty implying that these factors play critical role in reducing poverty. Furthermore …

Energiearmut wird durch steigende Energiepreise und die gleichzeitig steigende Armut auch in der europäischen Union ein …

energy poverty line. The paper finds that although the use of both traditional (biomass energy burned in conventional stoves …) and modern (electricity and kerosene) sources improves household consumption and income, the return on modern sources is … poverty line, the paper finds that some 58 percent of rural households in Bangladesh are energy poor, compared with 45 percent …