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Energy, Poverty, and Development (Hardcover)
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Energy, Poverty, and Development (Hardcover)
Series: Critical Concepts in Development Studies
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Incredibly, close to one-quarter of humanity lives without
electricity or other modern forms of energy, while as many as
one-third of the world's population relies (at least in part) on
traditional biofuels, such as cow dung or firewood, at great cost
to its health, security, and economic welfare. Although these stark
facts have only recently been fully acknowledged, energy
deprivation is a major obstacle to development efforts around the
world, especially-though not exclusively-in the 'Bottom Billion'
economies of sub-Saharan Africa and developing Asia. Indeed,
sustainable development cannot succeed without a robust
energy-access component. Furthermore, this is not just a ghastly
problem for the poor, but rather a global concern. Energy
deprivation is a leading contributor to disease epidemics, social
discontent, political unrest, and environmental instability-it
gravely threatens the 'energy-haves' as well as the 'have-nots'.
Research in and around energy, poverty, and development is now
flourishing. But much of the relevant literature remains
inaccessible or is highly specialized and compartmentalized, so
that it is difficult for many of those who are interested in the
subject to obtain an informed, balanced, and comprehensive
overview. This new four-volume collection from Routledge's
acclaimed series, Critical Concepts in Development Studies, meets
the need for a reference work to make sense of the subject's vast
and dispersed literature. The collection includes a full index and
is supplemented by a newly written introduction, which places the
gathered materials in their historical and intellectual context.
Energy, Poverty, and Development is an essential reference work
which will be valued as a vital resource by students, academics,
policy-makers, and practitioners.
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