Publication: Tracking Access to Electricity
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2014-05-15
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2014-05-15
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Portale, Elisa
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Access to electricity in flexible, reliable, and sustainable forms brings a range of social and economic benefits, enabling people to leap from poverty to a better future, enhancing the quality of household life, and stimulating the broader economy. Modern energy is essential for the provision of health care; clean water and sanitation; and reliable and efficient lighting, heating, cooking, mechanical power, transportation, and telecommunications. To support the achievement of these goals, a starting point must be set, indicators developed, and a framework established to track those indicators until 2030. The World Bank and International Energy Agency have led a consortium of 15 international agencies to produce data on access to electricity for the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework. Launched in 2013, the framework defines electricity access as the presence of an electricity connection in the household as typically reported through household surveys.
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“Portale, Elisa; Ghosh Banerjee, Sudeshna. 2014. Tracking Access to Electricity. Live Wire, 2014/9. © http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18413 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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