Off-grid systems for rural electrification in develo** 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 develo** 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 …