
Energy Access and Urban Poverty
Energy and everyday life in an informal settlement in Maputo, Mozambique
V Castán Broto, Lucy Stevens, D Salazar
The great majority of people without access to modern energy services are rural and, rightly, much of the discussion on energy access focuses on how to reach them. However, despite their greater geographical proximity to grid electricity and other supplies of clean energy, people living in poverty in urban areas also lack energy access. The World Bank’s own trials of the Global Tracking Framework demonstrated this for Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. We need a greater understanding of how people access energy in these contexts, and what the barriers and opportunities are for improving that access. This paper explores these questions in the context of an in-depth study of the Chamanculo C settlement in Maputo, Mozambique.
Published: 2017
Pages: 20
eBook: 9781780449296
Introduction | |||
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Participatory mapping of energy landscapes | |||
Dimensions of energy supply, energy access, and energy uses in Maputo | |||
Findings from the participatory mapping exercise | |||
Conclusion |
Lucy Stevens
At the time of writing Dr Lucy Stevens was Programme Co-ordinator, Access to Services, Practical Action