Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: When and How Governments Power the Lives of the Poor

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Michaël Aklin (Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh) Patrick Bayer (Lecturer, University of Glasgow)

Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap

When and How Governments Power the Lives of the Poor

Michaël Aklin (Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh), Patrick Bayer (Lecturer, University of Glasgow), S.P. Harish (Assistant Professor, College of William & Mary) , Johannes Urpelainen (Founding Director, Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy, Johns Hopkins University)

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MIT Press
27 November 2018

Poverty & unemployment; Central government

Series: The MIT Press

The first comprehensive political science account of energy poverty, arguing that governments can improve energy access for their citizens through appropriate policy design.

In today's industrialized world, almost everything we do consumes energy. While industrialized countries enjoy all the amenities of modern energy, more than a billion people in the developing world still lack energy access. Why is energy poverty persistent in some countries and not in others? Offering the first comprehensive political science account of energy poverty, Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap explores why governments have or have not been able to lead in providing modern energy to their least advantaged citizens.

Focusing on access to modern cooking fuels and household electrification, the authors develop a new political-economic theory that introduces government interest, institutional capacity, and local accountability as key determinants of energy access. They draw on case studies from India, East Asia, Africa, and Latin America to offer the optimistic conclusion that governments can improve institutional capacity and local accountability through appropriate policy design. Energy poverty is a policy problem, the authors assert, and engaging with it as such offers new opportunities not only for ensuring equal energy access, but also for political, economic, and environmental development.

By: Michaël Aklin (Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh), Patrick Bayer (Lecturer, University of Glasgow), S.P. Harish (Assistant Professor, College of William & Mary), Johannes Urpelainen (Founding Director, Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy, Johns Hopkins University)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
ISBN: 9780262535861
ISBN 10: 0262535866
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 27 November 2018
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Aklin is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, and coauthor (with Johannes Urpelainen) of Renewables (MIT Press). Patrick Bayer is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Glasgow. S. P. Harish is Assistant Professor in Government at the College of William & Mary. Johannes Urpelainen is Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS,) Founding Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP), and coauthor (with Michael Aklin) of Renewables (MIT Press).