Powering Rural Poverty Alleviation with Renewable Energy

摘要

The growing consensus that "...energy is central to reducing poverty and hunger..." needs to be urgently turned into operational, effective measures and actions that can achieve visible improvements in the well-being of the Poor. Because devising strategies and providing support to improve the poor's access to energy must be carefully thought out taking into consideration the specific characteristics of the target population and their environment, this paper advocates a reorientation of energy and development policies so that poverty alleviation objectives become a core issue at a time where growing concern for sustainable development entices policymakers and scientists to focus on clean, renewable energies (CRE).