The role of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to the sustainable development of sub-Saharan Africa and its challenges: a systematic review of evidence …

E Endris, A Kassegn - Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2022 - Springer
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have a potential impact on achieving
many of the sustainable development goals much greater than their size. This review aimed …

Techno-economic analysis of grid-integrated PV/wind systems for electricity reliability enhancement in Ethiopian industrial park

TM Azerefegn, R Bhandari, AV Ramayya - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
In most develo** countries, the electricity supply system is highly unreliable. Ethiopia is
one of the least developed country in the world, and the existing distribution system of the …

[HTML][HTML] On the design and optimization of distributed energy resources for sustainable grid-integrated microgrid in Ethiopia

YB Beyene, GB Worku, LB Tjernberg - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a study that focuses on alleviating the impacts of grid outages in
Ethiopia. To deal with grid outages, most industrial customers utilize backup diesel …

Resilient infrastructure for thriving firms: A review of the evidence

JM Braese, JE Maruyama Rentschler… - World Bank Policy …, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
This review examines the literature on the role of infrastructure in determining the
productivity and competitiveness of firms. It shows that the existing evidence base is clear in …

[HTML][HTML] Households' valuation of power outages in major cities of Ethiopia: An application of stated preference methods

TH Meles, A Mekonnen, AD Beyene, S Hassen… - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
In many develo** countries, electricity consumers experience frequent supply
interruptions, leading to high co** costs and stifled investment, which contribute to energy …

Analysis of energy supply, energy policies, and the final energy end-use consumption of the residential sector in Ethiopia

KW Liyew, NA Ejigu, NG Habtu - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The residential sector in Ethiopia heavily relies on biomass for cooking, using inefficient
cookstoves. In order to assess energy policies and decision-making for better economic …

[HTML][HTML] Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa's electricity crisis

H Bhorat, T Köhler - Energy Economics, 2025 - Elsevier
Frequent electricity outages threaten to impede the benefits of expanded access achieved
by many develo** countries in recent decades. A large literature documents these …

A hybrid group-making decision framework for regional distribution network outage loss assessment based on fuzzy best-worst and MARCOS methods

P Du, Z Chen, Y Wang, Z Zhang - Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
Scientifically assessing the outage loss of regional distribution networks is conducive to the
supplying-power enterprises and government to formulate development plans. The purpose …

The economic value of unsupplied electricity: Evidence from Nepal

M Hashemi - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Employing two complementary pieces of information from a nationally-representative
sample of grid-connected consumers in Nepal-revealed co** behavior and stated …

Stated preferences with survey consequentiality and outcome uncertainty: A split sample discrete choice experiment

TH Meles, R Lokina, EL Mtenga… - … and Resource Economics, 2023 - Springer
Stated preference studies are often based on the assumptions that proposed outcomes
would realize with certainty and respondents believe their survey responses are …