Power and People: The Benefits of Renewable Energy in Nepal

Avjeet Singh, Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee and Hussain Samad

No 2340 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: A large section of the Nepalese population is deprived of electricity coverage despite huge hydropower potential, particularly in rural areas. About 63 percent of Nepalese households lack access to electricity and depend on oil-based or renewable energy alternatives. The disparity in access is stark, with almost 90 percent of the urban population connected, but less than 30 percent of the rural population. Nepal has about 83,000 MW of economically exploitable resources, but only 650 MW have been developed so far. This study has been designated to organize an evaluation system that measures the impact of micro-hydro installations on rural livelihoods and to establish a monitoring system for Alternative Energy Promotion Center (APEC) to continually measure the results of the results of the renewable energy programs against the targets.

Keywords: Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Fiscal & Monetary Policy Private Sector Development-E-Business Health; Nutrition and Population-Population Policies Private Sector Development-Emerging Markets Energy-Energy Production and Transportation Health; Nutrition and Population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8213-8779-5
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