Developing an energy-based poverty line for South Africa

The issue of energy poverty or the lack of access to modern energy has received increasing attention in the development literature, including specific reference in the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Measures based on just energy expenditures (‘energy burden’) are shown to be rather inadequa...

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Main Authors: Claire Vermaak, Marcel Kohler, Bruce Rhodes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences
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Online Access:https://jefjournal.org.za/index.php/jef/article/view/134