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Electric mobility in Kigali: Building a city-wide clean transport network

Egide Kalisa, Andrew Sudmant

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Large boulevards and Euclidian zoning patterns characterize the development in in Kigali. Photo credit: Zdegiulio via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Can solar panels improve energy access for low-income households in Pakistan?

Husnain Fateh Ahmad, Ayesha Ali, Robyn Christine Meeks, Zhenxuan Wang, Javed Younas

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Solar panels attached with each other and installed on the roof of a domestic home by Amir Mukhtar / Moment / Getty Images
Climate priorities in developing countries
Understanding consumer behaviour to accelerate India’s clean energy transition

Shefali Khanna

Blog

Electric smart meters for measuring power usage
Can better usage information help households in Vietnam save electricity?

Chi Ta

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Man using his mobile phone in busy shopping district at night - stock photo
When does electrification work in rural Zambia?

Torsten Figueiredo Walter, Niclas Moneke, Rory Hardie

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Graphical image, with electrification, a map of zambia layered and with transparency
Understanding the gradual adoption of electricity in rural South Africa

Taryn Dinkelman

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Electrification in rural South Africa is slow, demonstrated by a man overlooking a kitchen using fire to cook.
How much do we know about the development impacts of energy infrastructure?

Kelsey Jack, Nick Wilkinson

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Escaping the subsidy-quality trap in India’s retail electricity market

Shefali Khanna, Kevin Rowe

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Escaping the fragility trap
Reinvigorating Yemen’s electricity system: Avenues for reform in the midst of war

Neil McCulloch

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Increasing tariffs to prevent another electricity crisis in Zambia

Shivani Haria, Imaduddin Ahmed

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Photo credit: Rod Waddington via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The value of electricity reliability in India

Shefali Khanna, Kevin Rowe

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Photo credit: Cyprien Hauser, CC BY-ND 2.0.
The social cost of electricity price increases in Zambia

Mashekwa Maboshe

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Nkana mine open pit and head gear. Photo credit: Per Arne Wilson via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Should electricity be a right?

Shivani Chowdhry, Rishabh Mahendra

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Electric circuits in a bulding Calcutta Kolkata India. Photo credit: Jorge Royan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
When price is not the whole story: Why rural consumers in Rwanda have low demand for electricity

Megan Lang

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Rwandan woman carrying load along rural road. Photo credit: Gwendolyn Stansbury / IFPRI, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Lighting up Rwanda: Assessing the demand for pay-as-you-go lighting

Uppari Bhavani Shankar, Netessine Serguei, Ioana Popescu, Rowan Clarke, Martin Visser, Derek Apell

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Young female teapicker in Rwanda. Photo credit: Guenterguni / E+ via Getty Images. [Royalty-free]

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