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. The authors develop a geographically explicit framework and use spatial modeling and cost estimates from recent engineering studies to determine where stand-alone renewable...
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2010/01/01
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政策研究报告
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WPS5193
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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The economics of renewable energy expansion in rural Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ethiopian Rural Energy Development and Promotion Center