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Achieving Universal Electricity Access at the Lowest Cost
A comparison of least-cost electrification models
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Natural Gas for Development?
Understanding the opportunities and challenges for gas in a context of climate change
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Accountable to whom?
Promoting women's rights through extractive industries revenue accountability
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USAID’s AVANSE Project in Haiti
An assessment of its conformity with aid effectiveness principles.
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Aid in Limbo
Why Syrians deserve support to rebuild their lives
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Linking electrification and productive use
Access to electricity has been shown to provide myriad benefits, in terms of access to lighting, access to information, improved well-being and increased flexibility over people’s time. Electrification’s impact on people’s incomes, however, is uniquely important: as a means to scale energy access and address poverty. This report by Oxfam considers the evidence looking at the impact of electrification on increased productivity and income.
