The power of small-scale solar
Gender, energy poverty, and entrepreneurship in Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7744287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leslie C Gray (0000-0002-6444-4167, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author), Leslie Gray, Alaina Boyle, Erika Francks, Victoria Yu, V Lukaitis Yu |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-39 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2018.1526257 |
| OpenAlex | W2895436216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 11 |
Energy poverty is a major challenge in the developing world, with an estimated 1.2 billion people lacking household electricity. Although energy poverty affects both men and women, the burden of household energy supply disproportionately affects women in low-income countries in the developing world. This article examines the impact of a women-oriented solar lighting social enterprise, Solar Sister, in Tanzania for both solar entrepreneurs and customers, demonstrating that solar lanterns positively impact household savings, health, education and women’s economic productivity and empowerment. Our study argues that Solar Sister’s approach is successful because of its explicit gender lens. Providing energy access to women translates to a pro-woman, pro-child, and pro-family development intervention
Business · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Energy poverty · Entrepreneurship · Poverty · Productivity · Socioeconomics · Solar energy · Tanzania · Energy and Environment Impacts · Engineering · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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| Citations per year | 2.67 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |