6.2. Tools for energy planning in developing countries

Family Planning in Developing Countries

Recently, commentators in several prominent U.S. publications have declared that the population explosion is over and concluded that population growth is no longer a serious policy issue. “The population boom is a bust,” declares one.2 One statistic commonly cited as evidence of this is the global decline in fertility rates (the number of children born per woman). It is true that fertility worl...

strategic planning for national libraries in developing countries

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Energy for Cooking in Developing Countries

HIGHLIGHTS In developing countries, especially in rural areas, 2.5 billion people rely on biomass, such as fuelwood, charcoal, agricultural waste and animal dung, to meet their energy needs for cooking. In many countries, these resources account for over 90% of household energy consumption. In the absence of new policies, the number of people relying on biomass will increase to over 2.6 billion...

Selecting Tools for Renewable Energy Analysis in Developing Countries: An Expanded Review

Renewable energy planners in developing countries should be cautious in using analytical tools formulated in developed countries. Traditional energy consumption, economic and demography transitions, high-income inequality, and informal economy are some characteristics of developing countries that may contradict the assumptions of mainstream, widely used analytical tools. In this study, we synth...

Urban Planning: Challenges in Developing Countries