Off-grid systems for rural electrification in developing countries: Definitions, classification and a comprehensive literature review

S Mandelli, J Barbieri, R Mereu, E Colombo - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Access to electric power supply has always had a significant role in promoting
improvements in all the society sectors, nevertheless nowadays 1.3 billion of people still do …

[HTML][HTML] A review of sustainable energy access and technologies for healthcare facilities in the Global South

A Franco, M Shaker, D Kalubi, S Hostettler - … Energy Technologies and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Access to reliable, affordable and sustainable energy is essential for improving living
standards, development and economic growth. From a healthcare perspective, energy is a …

Achieving universal electrification of rural healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa with decentralized renewable energy technologies

M Moner-Girona, G Kakoulaki, G Falchetta, DJ Weiss… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
A potential response to the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with long-term
benefits is to provide electricity for medical equipment in rural health centers and …

Does large-scale infrastructure investment alleviate poverty? Impacts of Rwanda's electricity access roll-out program

L Lenz, A Munyehirwe, J Peters, M Sievert - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
The objective of the United Nations Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4All) is to provide
electricity by 2030 to the 1.1 billion people in developing countries that hitherto lack access …

Planning universal accessibility to public health care in sub-Saharan Africa

G Falchetta, AT Hammad… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Achieving universal health care coverage—a key target of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goal number 3—requires accessibility to health care services for all. Currently …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons from the World Bank's solar home system-based rural electrification projects (2000–2020): Policy implications for meeting Sustainable Development …

CW Shyu - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The main objective of this review paper is to examine the lessons learnt from 16 solar home
system (SHS)-based World Bank projects implemented between 2000 and 2020 in the …

A critical review of modern approaches for multidimensional energy poverty measurement

S Pelz, S Pachauri, S Groh - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recent efforts to measure energy poverty more comprehensively attempt to redress the
shortcomings of binary metrics that remain in common use. However, significant challenges …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing finance for a new era of decentralised electricity access: A review of private investment patterns and emerging business models

G Falchetta, B Michoud, M Hafner, M Rother - Energy Research & Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires ensuring universal
energy access. Yet, governments of low-income countries face significant budget constraints …

Analysis of energy poverty intensity from the perspective of the regional administration: Empirical evidence from households in southern Europe

S Scarpellini, P Rivera-Torres, I Suárez-Perales… - Energy policy, 2015 - Elsevier
The current economic situation has increased the number of households in Europe
experiencing restrictions and/or limitations of affordability of energy services, demonstrating …

What are we measuring? An empirical analysis of household electricity access metrics in rural Bangladesh

S Groh, S Pachauri, ND Rao - Energy for sustainable development, 2016 - Elsevier
Measuring energy access through binary indicators is insufficient, and in some cases even
misleading. In this work, we critically evaluate the World Bank's multi-tier framework (MTF) to …