Achieving universal energy access and rural development through smart villages

With just 12 years to go to 2030, progress in providing universal energy access and improving rural development outcomes in many rural areas has been too slow if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be met. Over a three-year period, the Smart Villages Initiative gathered evidence and views from...

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Main Authors: VAN GEVELT, Terry, HOLZEIS, C. Canales, FENNELL, S., HEAP, B., HOLMES, J., DEPRET, M.Hurley, JONES, B., SAFDAR, M.T.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.cis_research-10442023-01-19T08:23:30Z Achieving universal energy access and rural development through smart villages VAN GEVELT, Terry HOLZEIS, C. Canales FENNELL, S. HEAP, B. HOLMES, J. DEPRET, M.Hurley JONES, B. SAFDAR, M.T. With just 12 years to go to 2030, progress in providing universal energy access and improving rural development outcomes in many rural areas has been too slow if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be met. Over a three-year period, the Smart Villages Initiative gathered evidence and views from over 1000 stakeholders from 70 countries to identify the framework conditions necessary for the provision of energy services to rural communities and to ensure that energy access translates into improved rural development outcomes. This short communication provides an overview of the key findings of this process and suggests a number of “bottom-up” insights and recommendations. These include taking an integrated approach to rural development, building markets to leverage the private sector, creating supportive, coherent and flexible policy frameworks at the national-level; and a re-think of financing mechanisms. 2018-04-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/45 info:doi/10.1016/j.esd.2018.01.005 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1044/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0973082618300735_main.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection College of Integrative Studies eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Energy access Rural development Sustainable Development Goals Energy Policy Urban Studies and Planning
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Singapore
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topic Energy access
Rural development
Sustainable Development Goals
Energy Policy
Urban Studies and Planning
spellingShingle Energy access
Rural development
Sustainable Development Goals
Energy Policy
Urban Studies and Planning
VAN GEVELT, Terry
HOLZEIS, C. Canales
FENNELL, S.
HEAP, B.
HOLMES, J.
DEPRET, M.Hurley
JONES, B.
SAFDAR, M.T.
Achieving universal energy access and rural development through smart villages
description With just 12 years to go to 2030, progress in providing universal energy access and improving rural development outcomes in many rural areas has been too slow if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be met. Over a three-year period, the Smart Villages Initiative gathered evidence and views from over 1000 stakeholders from 70 countries to identify the framework conditions necessary for the provision of energy services to rural communities and to ensure that energy access translates into improved rural development outcomes. This short communication provides an overview of the key findings of this process and suggests a number of “bottom-up” insights and recommendations. These include taking an integrated approach to rural development, building markets to leverage the private sector, creating supportive, coherent and flexible policy frameworks at the national-level; and a re-think of financing mechanisms.
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author VAN GEVELT, Terry
HOLZEIS, C. Canales
FENNELL, S.
HEAP, B.
HOLMES, J.
DEPRET, M.Hurley
JONES, B.
SAFDAR, M.T.
author_facet VAN GEVELT, Terry
HOLZEIS, C. Canales
FENNELL, S.
HEAP, B.
HOLMES, J.
DEPRET, M.Hurley
JONES, B.
SAFDAR, M.T.
author_sort VAN GEVELT, Terry
title Achieving universal energy access and rural development through smart villages
title_short Achieving universal energy access and rural development through smart villages
title_full Achieving universal energy access and rural development through smart villages
title_fullStr Achieving universal energy access and rural development through smart villages
title_full_unstemmed Achieving universal energy access and rural development through smart villages
title_sort achieving universal energy access and rural development through smart villages
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2018
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/45
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1044/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0973082618300735_main.pdf
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