Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2018
Abstract
With just 12 years to go to 2030, progress in providing universal energy access and improving rural development outcomes in many rural areas has been too slow if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be met. Over a three-year period, the Smart Villages Initiative gathered evidence and views from over 1000 stakeholders from 70 countries to identify the framework conditions necessary for the provision of energy services to rural communities and to ensure that energy access translates into improved rural development outcomes. This short communication provides an overview of the key findings of this process and suggests a number of “bottom-up” insights and recommendations. These include taking an integrated approach to rural development, building markets to leverage the private sector, creating supportive, coherent and flexible policy frameworks at the national-level; and a re-think of financing mechanisms.
Keywords
Energy access, Rural development, Sustainable Development Goals
Discipline
Energy Policy | Urban Studies and Planning
Research Areas
Integrative Research Areas
Publication
Energy for Sustainable Development
Volume
43
First Page
139
Last Page
142
ISSN
0973-0826
Identifier
10.1016/j.esd.2018.01.005
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
VAN GEVELT, Terry; HOLZEIS, C. Canales; FENNELL, S.; HEAP, B.; HOLMES, J.; DEPRET, M.Hurley; JONES, B.; and SAFDAR, M.T..
Achieving universal energy access and rural development through smart villages. (2018). Energy for Sustainable Development. 43, 139-142.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/45
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2018.01.005