Energy Technologies and Policies

for Rural Development

SI DDHARTHA | NAVI N
Goal | HDI | Rural Development
Sustainable rural development or Advance rural economic growth
HDI*
Betterment of life of poor requires an improvement in human development index
Dimensions
Equity increase in access of poor to energy services
Empowerment strengthening self reliance
Environmental soundness
Strategies
Reduction of arduous labor for domestic and agriculture activities
Modernization of biomass
Transformation of cooking
Provision of safe water
Electrification of homes
Provision of energy for income generating activities
* The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices used to rank countries
into four tiers of human development
Approach | HDI vs Energy
Government vs Market vs individual with local community support
Individual initiative through the market
Monitoring and control by village community
Facilitation and support by Government
Direct vs Indirect energy services
Elastic vs Inelastic regions in HDI vs Energy graph
Strategies
Assessing elitist character of the service
Financing of rural energy technologies
Conversion of capital costs into affordable operational costs
Time horizon
Near, medium and Long term technology solutions
Well thats it
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