Research and perspectives from GYSK’s resource archive, covering electricity access, livelihoods and the global energy gap.
ARCHIVE / December 1, 2022In the map we see differences in per capita energy use; this is inclusive of all dimensions of energy (electricity plus transport and heating). There are several important points…
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ARCHIVE / December 1, 2022Free electricity connections in rural South African households changed home production technologies and induced more women to work in the market There has been considerable…
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ARCHIVE / December 1, 2022In the chart we see the total number of people without access to electricity, grouped by world region. Here we see a regional shift in electricity access over the past few…
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ARCHIVE / March 7, 2022More than 1.1 billion people in developing countries lack access to electricity. Some 590 million live in Africa, where the rural electrification rate is particularly low at only…
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ARCHIVE / March 7, 2022940 million people do not have access to electricity globally Global access to electricity has been steadily rising in recent decades. In 1990 just over 71% of the world…
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ARCHIVE / March 7, 2022As commodity prices soar and leaders around the world worry about energy shortages and prices of gasoline at the pump, millions of people in Africa still lack access to…
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