Energy and poverty in the Pacific island countries : challenges and the way forward
This publication reports on the energy sector in the Pacific Island countries and describes its linkages to poverty, the gaps therein, and the modalities for overcoming them. It aims to facilitate the inclusion of a strong energy component in the socio-economic development program of the Pacific Isl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bangkok, Thailand :
Regional Energy Programme for Poverty Reduction, UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok,
c2007
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| Series: | Publications in energy and poverty from Regional Energy Programme ;
10 |
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Table of Contents:
- The challenges. Development context
- Poverty in the context of the Pacific Island Countries
- Poverty and energy linkages
- The special case of Melanesia
- Inadequate access to modern energy in rural areas
- Lack of institutional focus for rural energy needs
- Policy and regulatory concerns
- Limited coordination and focus of donor-assisted programmes
- Energy, poverty and gender
- Few energy-based rural entrepreneurs
- Constraints to finance for rural energy interventions
- Lack of framework for poverty and energy monitoring
- Limited collection, availability, access and dissemination of detailed energy information
- Meeting the challenges. Facilitating access to modern energy
- The special case of Melanesia
- Enabling policies and regulation
- Enabling programme framework - Identifying and enabling energy-based entrepreneurship opportunities in rural areas
- Incorporating gender concerns
- Promoting the financial viability of rural energy projects
- Developing tools and models for monitoring and evaluation of energy and poverty linkages
- Conclusion