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Energy poverty, institutional reform and challenges of sustainable development: the case of India

Jewitt, Sarah; Raman, Sujatha

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SARAH JEWITT SARAH.JEWITT@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Human Geography and Development

Sujatha Raman



Abstract

This paper assesses recent efforts by the Indian Government to tackle energy poverty and sustainable development. It focuses on the new integrated energy policy, and initiatives to disseminate improved cookstoves and develop energy alternatives for transport. The success of government initiatives in cleaner biomass cookstoves and village electrification has historically been limited, and institutional reforms in the 2000s promoted market-led and ‘user-centred’ approaches, and encouraged biofuels as a ‘pro-poor’ route to rural development and energy security. The paper argues that such interventions have reopened tensions and conflicts around land-use, intra-community inequalities and the role of corporate agendas in sustainable energy.

Citation

Jewitt, S., & Raman, S. (2017). Energy poverty, institutional reform and challenges of sustainable development: the case of India. Progress in Development Studies, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/1464993416688837

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 6, 2012
Publication Date Apr 2, 2017
Deposit Date Nov 19, 2014
Publicly Available Date Apr 2, 2017
Journal Progress in Development Studies
Print ISSN 1464-9934
Electronic ISSN 1477-027X
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 2
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1464993416688837
Keywords India, energy poverty, sustainable development, Jatropha, cookstoves, biofuels
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/853564
Publisher URL http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1464993416688837
Contract Date Nov 19, 2014

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