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A vibrant network re-united at the SETI 2022 Annual Workshop!

Over 20 researchers from all over the world presented findings about energy policies, infrastructure, energy use and distribution in countries of the Global South at the Sustainable Energy Transitions…

Environmental Dilemma? Explicating Stakeholder Engagement in Kenyan Firms

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on
EfD Authors:

Stakeholder pressure is among the pathways through which firms are being prodded to adopt environmental management practices. Owing to research paucity from the context of developing countries and overall inconclusiveness, this research investigates whether mimetic, normative, and cot11zercive pressures (which encompass stakeholder pressure) sway firms into adopting resource management and energy efficiency.

Energy, Policy Design

Grid electrification should be combined with complementary infrastructure for greater social and economic benefits

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

Key findings: While electricity is a key to economic development, nearly 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity.

This study analyses the socioeconomic benefits of electrification in Uganda.

The findings show that grid connectivity increases the number of work hours, female employment, household expenditure (meaning that the household is able to buy more of the goods that it needs), and key educational outcomes. 

Furthermore, the benefits from grid connectivity increase with time.

Energy, Policy Design

Does access to electricity accelerate home-based business creation in rural Ethiopia?

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

KEY MESSAGES

Most of the businesses in rural areas are home-based, i.e., the household runs businesses such as food sales, restaurants, mobile, and electronics shops, barbering, etc., within their residence. Rural households’ business ownership increased from 17.5% in 2011 to 28.5% in 2016. We found that:

Energy, Policy Design