The Energy and Resources Institute2014-03-312014-03-312011-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17497The aim of the scoping study was to gain an understanding of the productive activities slum dwellers engage in that rely on energy services and the potentials and challenges of slums in Ghana regarding access to modern energy services and income generation from productive activities. The objective of the ESMED-EAfUP (Energy Sector Management Assistance Program - ESMAP/SME Development - Energy Access for the Urban Poor) programme is 'to create and sustain a network of energy practitioners to support development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) as users and providers of modern energy services for slum upgrading programs.'. Using ability to adopt safer and modern energy forms as a criterion in assessing the effective deployment of safer and modern energy forms, the study concluded that the high propensity to save is an opportunity for their deployment if they can be sensitized about the benefits of using modern energy forms, which many of the slum dwellers are not aware of. Most enterprise owners could also capitalize on the credit policies of the financial institutions they saved with to adopt the modern energy forms. Lack of education and limited awareness about the benefits of using clean, efficient and improved energy forms were some of the reasons for the use of inefficient and illegal energy forms among the slum dwellers. The study recommends awareness creation among the slum dwellers about the benefits of using legal, clean and efficient energy forms in productive enterprises, which the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) can take up. A major benefit of this study which is worth mentioning is the learning and sharing that took place among the research team because apart from the findings of this study that unraveled some relevant information that many stakeholders working in the cities of Ghana did not know about slums, there was also a lot of sharing of experiences that took place.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS ROADSACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO ENERGYACCESS TO MODERN ENERGYAIR POLLUTIONALTERNATIVE ENERGYALTERNATIVE FUELSAPPROACHAVAILABILITYAVAILABILITY OF SAVINGSBIOMASSBUILDING PERMITBUILDING PERMITSCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL CITYCENTRAL CITYCHARCOALCITIESCITIES ALLIANCECITY AUTHORITIESCITY PLANNINGCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCOALCOLD WATERCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY GROUPSCOMMUNITY LEADERCOMMUNITY LEADERSCOMMUNITY LEVELCOMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVESCONSTRUCTION OF HOUSESCONVERSION EQUIPMENTCOOKINGCOOKING FUELSCOOLINGCOST OF ELECTRICITYCREDIT GROUPSCRIMEDEMAND FOR ELECTRICITYDEMAND FOR ENERGYDEMOLITIONDIESELDISPLACED PERSONSDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDISTRICT ASSEMBLIESDRY CELL BATTERIESDRY CELLSDWELLINGDWELLING UNITSDWELLINGSEFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTSELECTRIC HEATERSELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONNECTIONELECTRICITY SUPPLYEMPLOYMENTENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY DEMANDENERGY EXPENDITUREENERGY FORMENERGY INPUTENERGY NEEDSENERGY POLICIESENERGY PRODUCTSENERGY PROJECTSENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SECTORENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCEENERGY SERVICESENERGY SOURCESENERGY SUPPLYENERGY USAGEEVICTIONFEMALESFOOD PROCESSINGFORCED EVICTIONSFORMAL EDUCATIONFUELFUELSGENDERGENERATIONHABITATHEATHOSPITALSHOT WATERHOUSEHOLDSHOUSESHOUSINGHUMAN ENVIRONMENTILLEGAL ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONSINDOOR AIR POLLUTIONINDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIESINFORMAL EMPLOYMENTINFORMAL ENTERPRISESINHABITANTSINTERVENTIONINTERVENTIONSKEROSENELAUNDRYLIGHTINGLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL ECONOMYLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL INSTITUTIONSLOCALITIESMARGINAL LANDMARGINAL LANDSMETROPOLITAN ASSEMBLYMIGRATION TO CITIESMOBILITYMODERN FUELSOCCUPANCYOCCUPATIONOILOVERCROWDINGOWNERSHIP OF LANDPACE OF URBANIZATIONPETROLEUMPETROLEUM GASPOLICEPOOR COMMUNITIESPOOR HOUSINGPOPULATION DISTRIBUTIONPOTABLE WATERPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOWERPRICES OF ENERGYPUBLIC UTILITIESRAW MATERIALRAW MATERIALSREGULATORY FRAMEWORKSRENEWABLE ENERGYRESIDENTIAL AREARESIDENTIAL AREASRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTSAFE WATERSANITARY FACILITIESSANITATION FACILITIESSECONDARY CITIESSERVICE COVERAGESERVICE SECTORSERVICE SECTORSSETTLEMENTSETTLEMENTSSHACKSSHELTERSHOPSSLUMSLUM AREASSLUM COMMUNITIESSLUM COMMUNITYSLUM DWELLERSLUM DWELLERSSLUM SETTLEMENTSSLUM UPGRADINGSLUM UPGRADING PROGRAMSSLUMSSMALL SCALE ENTERPRISESSOCIAL FACILITIESSOCIAL GROUPSSOURCES OF ELECTRICITYSQUATTERSQUATTER SETTLEMENTSQUATTER SETTLEMENTSSQUATTERSSTAKEHOLDERSSUPPLY OF ELECTRICITYSUPPLY OF LANDSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETEMPORARY STRUCTURESTENEMENTSTHERMAL ENERGYTHREAT OF EVICTIONTOWNSTRANSMISSION LINESUNSANITARY CONDITIONSURBAN AGRICULTUREURBAN AREAURBAN AREASURBAN CENTRESURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN DEVELOPMENT AGENDAURBAN ECONOMYURBAN EMPLOYMENTURBAN ENVIRONMENTURBAN GROWTHURBAN HOUSEHOLDSURBAN INFORMAL SECTORURBAN MIGRATIONURBAN POORURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POVERTYURBAN RESIDENTSURBAN SLUMURBAN SLUMSURBANIZATIONURBANIZATION LEVELSURBANIZATION OF POVERTYUTILITY COMPANIESUTILITY COMPANYUTILITY PROVIDERSUTILITY SERVICESVEHICLESWATER HEATINGYOUTHZONING10.1596/17497