Expanding Women's Role in Africa's Modern Off-Grid Lighting Market

Lighting is a basic human need and, along with cooking, is a fundamental driver of fuel demand for low-income households in the developing world. Women and men without access to electricity typically rely on expensive, inefficient and hazardous lig...

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Main Authors:	Alstone, Peter, Niethammer, Carmen, Mendonça, Brendon, Eftimie, Adriana
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO BANK ACCOUNTS ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY SERVICES ALTERNATIVE FINANCING BALANCE SHEET BANK ACCOUNT BANK CUSTOMERS BANKING SERVICES BANKS BRIBE BRIBES BUSINESS ADVISORY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESSWOMEN CAPACITY BUILDING CASH FLOW COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS CONSUMER EDUCATION COOPERATIVES CREDIT HISTORY CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DOWN PAYMENTS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC SITUATION ECONOMIC SITUATION OF WOMEN ENERGY RESOURCES EXTENDED FAMILY EXTENSION FAMILY MEMBERS FARMER FARMERS FEMALE FEMALE BORROWERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL LITERACY FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICE FORMAL BANKING GENDER GENDER ASPECTS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER FOCUS GENDER GAP GENDER ISSUES GENDER PERSPECTIVE GENDER SPECIFIC GENDERS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL POVERTY GREENHOUSE GAS GROUP LENDING HEALTH RISKS HOME HOME ECONOMICS HOMES HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INCOMES INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFORMAL FINANCE INFORMAL FINANCING INFORMAL NETWORKS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK LABORERS LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF CREDIT LACK OF FINANCE LACK OF INFORMATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOCAL COMMUNITIES MARITAL STATUS MARKETING MARRIED WOMEN MICRO ENTERPRISES MICRO-FINANCE MICRO-FINANCE INSTITUTION MICROFINANCE MONEY MANAGEMENT NEEDS OF WOMEN NUMBER OF WOMEN OPEN MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OUTREACH POLICY FORMULATION POLICY LEVEL POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH PRACTITIONERS PRINT MEDIA PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PUBLIC HEALTH QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS RADIO RESPECT RETAIL BUSINESS RETAIL BUSINESSES ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SERVICES TO WOMEN SINGLE WOMAN SINGLE WOMEN SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOURCES OF FINANCE SPOUSE SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELEVISION TV UNMARRIED WOMEN URBAN AREAS USE OF ENERGY WIFE WILL WOMAN WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS WOMEN EMPLOYEES WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN IN BUSINESS WOMEN MANAGERS WOMEN OWNED ENTERPRISES WOOD WORKING CAPITAL WORKING CONDITIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/10/18382065/expanding-womens-role-africas-modern-off-grid-lighting-market http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17487

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/10/18382065/expanding-womens-role-africas-modern-off-grid-lighting-market
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17487

Expanding Women's Role in Africa's Modern Off-Grid Lighting Market

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