Countries with intensive mineral extraction generate resource windfalls for municipalities to improve population's welfare in mining areas. However, this process may be inefficient due to negative…

Transformation towards an inclusive green economy is one of the prerequisites for achieving the sustainable development goals in Agenda 2030. If not managed well, economic growth may come at a high…

Large Bayesian vector autoregression (BVAR) is a successful tool for forecasting macroeconomic variables, but the benefits to predict crude oil prices are rarely discussed. In this paper, we test the…

Access to electricity has been linked to economic growth through improved agricultural and firm productivity, public service delivery, enhanced household investment in human capital, and increased net…

Abstract Electricity access is essential for small enterprise operations and economic development in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has one of the…

Abstract Studies document that micro and small enterprises are growing rapidly in Ethiopia. The industrial sector consumes a large proportion of electricity in the country. The growing number of micro…

Vietnam’s electricity consumption relative to its average national income per capita is significantly higher than that of similar countries like India or China. Current electricity use is not…

Abstract Renewable energy can yield social benefits through local air quality improvements and their subsequent effects on human health. We estimate some of these benefits using data gathered during…

Abstract The complex and diffuse nature of the human dimension makes it difficult to identify and integrate into energy modelling. The human dimension concept in energy modelling has resulted in a…

Abstract There is a tendency to approach multiple fuel use mainly as a problem. This has limited how it is understood and addressed. This article uses a mixed-methods approach to advance…