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Notes on Contributors: Green Power for Africa: Overcoming the Main Constraints
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-12-01)This is the notes on contributors for IDS Bulletin 48 Vol 5-6. -
Green Power for Africa: Overcoming the Main Constraints
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)Inadequate power supply in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) means that only 37 per cent of sub-Saharan Africans have access to electricity. Those with access are prone to experience problems with regular power outages. In many ... -
Introduction: Overcoming the Constraints to Green Electricity in Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)The phenomenon of inadequate power supply in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been a subject of great interest over the years because of its intractable nature and its importance for development; SSA accommodates about 55 per ... -
Planning for Electrification: On- and Off-Grid Considerations in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)Energy poverty, in particular, the lack of access to electricity, is a chronic impediment to sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa, affecting over one billion people. Recently, electrification efforts have bifurcated ... -
Assessing the Potential Impact of Grid-Scale Variable Renewable Energy on the Reliability of Electricity Supply in Kenya
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)Securing a sufficient supply of reliable and affordable electricity is a major challenge for countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), due to low current access levels, and rapid population and economic growth. This article ... -
Exploring the Macroeconomic Impacts of Low-Carbon Energy Transitions: A Simulation Analysis for Kenya and Ghana
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)The study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Kenya and Ghana with a disaggregated country‑specific representation of the power sector, to simulate the prospective medium-run growth and ... -
Design and Assessment of Renewable Electricity Auctions in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)Auctions have recently been regarded as a useful alternative to other support schemes for setting the remuneration of renewable electricity (RES-E) worldwide. They have also been increasingly adopted in the sub-Saharan ... -
Commercial-Scale Renewable Energy in South Africa and its Progress to Date
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)While South Africa’s electricity sector is heavily coal-dependent, the country has recently become an attractive destination for commercial‑scale renewable energy investment. This article examines ongoing developments and ... -
The Political Economy of Investment in Renewable Electricity in Kenya
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)Kenya has been hailed as a successful sub-Saharan African country in attracting private investment for renewable energy. However, energy poverty remains very high, with connectivity rates lower than the average for sub-Saharan ... -
The Political Economy of Renewable Energy Investment in Ghana
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)The high level of fossil fuel consumption globally is wreaking havoc on the global climate through the emissions of greenhouse gases. Against this backdrop, there have been calls from national and international stakeholders ... -
The Political Economy of Aid for Power Sector Reform
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)Recent literature on the effectiveness of donor programmes points to the importance of understanding the political context within which reforms are taking place. The characteristics of the power sector make reform intensely ... -
Glossary: Green Power for Africa: Overcoming the Main Constraints
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)This is the glossary of IDS Bulletin Vol 48 5-6, 'Green Power for Africa: Overcoming the Main Constraints'. -
Has Universal Development Come of Age?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)Development policy, practice and research have largely adhered to a North–South, geographic and aid-driven view of the world. Over the last ten years the approaches of South–South cooperation have also come to prominence. ... -
Introduction: Universal Development – Research and Practice
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)Development policy, practice and research have largely adhered to a North–South, geographic and aid-driven view of the world. Over the last ten years the approaches of South–South cooperation have also come to prominence. ... -
Editorial: Britain: A Case for Development?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)For the past four years the major industrial OECD countries have been in the throes of a crisis brought to a head by the oil price rises of 1973-74, but arising from longer-run difficulties which had already begun to appear ... -
Back to the Ivory Tower? The Professionalisation of Development Studies and their Extension to Europe
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)The convention is that development studies cover only the 'developing' countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, a sort of academic counterpart of OXFAM. But this convention is ceasing to be viable for European social ... -
Redistribution with Sloth – Britain’s Problem?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)Many if not most economic analyses of Britain's economic difficulties suggest that slow growth is at the heart of the problem-and an acceleration of growth the obvious cure. Past experience in Britain and in the Third World ... -
Poverty and Social Exclusion in North and South
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)This IDS Bulletin is an oddity: a publication by an institute specialising in developing countries, which consists almost entirely of papers about developed countries. There is a justification, however. It lies in the ... -
Comparisons, Convergence and Connections
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)My mission is to explore the issues of poverty and social exclusion across the boundary between developed and developing countries. Put briskly, the thesis is that increasing attention to poverty and social exclusion ... -
Poverty and Social Exclusion in North and South
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)The rapid growth and acceptance of the concept of participation has been a key feature in development in the 1990s, and is central to the evolving discussion on social exclusion. While during the 1970s and 1980s, ...
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