scholarly journals Smart Energy Access and Women Empowerment: A Case Study of Chitandika Village in Zambia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 117-128
Author(s):  
Mantubwe Wampata ◽  
Bupe Getrude Mwanza
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Energy Company ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Energy Companies

Smart energy access provides numerous advantages in rural areas such as economic development and improved livelihood. Despite the efforts by energy companies to supply to rural areas, women still face a range of constraints in their ability to participate in energy activities. Therefore, this study sought to analyze the goals of access to smart energy on women empowerment from the energy company perspective, assess the extent to which access to smart energy has contributed to empowerment and to establish the challenges faced by women in accessing smart energy with the intent of outlining strategies for future implementation. The study used a qualitative thematic analysis approach. The data was collected through structured, open-ended interviews with 20 women respondents with access to energy in chitandika village and 1 in-depth interview with the key energy expert. The study found that access to smart energy in chitandika village had a positive effect on women empowerment as it provided several benefits for the women. Additionally, the study established general and specific challenges that women face in accessing smart energy. Furthermore, it was established that the key strategies for implementing smart energy access on women empowerment were gender mainstream in energy projects, understanding women’s energy needs and demands, promoting productive use, supporting credit, and saving schemes and promoting skill development.

scholarly journals Teaching Rural Indonesian Schools Students: Effective Strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Mia Febriana ◽  
Joko Nurkamto ◽  
Dewi Rochsantiningsih ◽  
M. Rosyidi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
National Development ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Research Technology ◽  
Narrative Case Study ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Teacher Education Graduates

“Building Indonesia from the periphery by strengthening the regions and villages within the framework of a unitary state” is the third agenda of Nawacita (Nine priorities of national development agenda). This commitment reflects the current Indonesian government's concerns that prioritize development in the disadvantaged, outermost, and frontier regions (3T). It is implemented in various programs, one of which is the SM-3T program enacted by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of Indonesia. The SM-3T, which stands for Sarjana Mendidik di daerah Terdepan, Terluar, dan Tertinggal (Graduates Educating in the Disadvantaged, Outermost, and Frontier Regions), is a year program for teacher education graduates to teach in rural areas of Indonesia. This study aims to investigate teaching strategies used by SM-3T teachers in rural Indonesian schools. This research employs a narrative case study. The techniques of data collection comprise questionnaire and in-depth interview. This study can extend the existing knowledge about ELT in rural Indonesian schools, especially teaching strategies, and to improve teachers’ professionalism as they could experience conditions in rural Indonesian schools which are different from the conditions in urban schools.

scholarly journals Telemedicine: an ICT based healthcare approach to ensure health service for all

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasheda Akhtar ◽  
Sazzadul Alam ◽  
Noor Kutubul Alam Siddiquee
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Cost Of Treatment ◽  
Telemedicine Service ◽  
The People ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Daunting Challenge ◽  
Challenge Area

Background: Despite enormous efforts, healthcare service is still a daunting challenge area of Bangladesh healthcare systems. Bangladesh suffers from both a shortage of and geographic mal-distribution of human resource for health, as well as inadequate resources. Considering the challenges, telemedicine can be a blessing especially to the people living in hard-to-reach and rural areas. The current study was conducted on to measure the outcomes of providing telemedicine service at the field level.Methods: The study was conducted in Nagarkanda Upazilla of Faridpur district. Mixed method approaches including user experience and perception survey, case study and in-depth interview were adopted in order to bring a comprehensive scenario.Results: Around 50% of the users used to visit telemedicine center frequently. For quality of service provided from telemedicine service point, there were few benchmarks like service provider’s behavior, waiting time, accessibility, distance, cost of treatment, willingness to pay and referral mechanism. Telemedicine service centers were found situated within the reach of people (within 1-2 km of 83.30% km). 97% participants rated service provider’s behavior as good. Cost of treatment including diagnosis, prescription and medication was found within 501-3000 BDT for 60% of participants.Conclusions: Although the studied telemedicine service was not comprehensive in nature, it still helped to save time, reduce cost and most of all increased access to healthcare services.

Case study India’s First Women’s Bank - Bharatiya Mahila Bank

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jitendra Ahirrao
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Bank Account ◽  
Safe Place ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Bank Accounts

India launched the Bhartiya Mahila Bank (BMB), its first public sector bank for economically empowering millions of women across the country, in 2013. This bank is meant for those women who do not have access to basic financial services such as bank accounts or loans. Access to a bank account is essential for women's economic empowerment as it provides a safe place to save money and opens up a channel to credit which can be used for investing in education, property or in a business. BMB is a good beginning in the direction of women empowerment in India. Nevertheless, pro-active emphasis should be on rural areas and less-educated / illiterate women folk irrespective of their earnings. It will create more job opportunities for women and will pay special attention to the weaker and more neglected sections of women.

scholarly journals Influence of Input Climatic Data on Simulations of Annual Energy Needs of a Building: EnergyPlus and WRF Modeling for a Case Study in Rome (Italy)

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virgilio Ciancio ◽  
Serena Falasca ◽  
Iacopo Golasi ◽  
Gabriele Curci ◽  
Massimo Coppi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Wrf Model ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Meteorological Model ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Wrf Modeling

The simulation of the energy consumptions in an hourly regime is necessary in order to perform calculations on residential buildings of particular relevance for volume or for architectural features. In such cases, the simplified methodology provided by the regulations may be inadequate, and the use of software like EnergyPlus is needed. To obtain reliable results, usually, significant time is spent on the meticulous insertion of the geometrical inputs of the building, together with the properties of the envelope materials and systems. Less attention is paid to the climate database. The databases available on the EnergyPlus website refer to airports located in rural areas near major cities. If the building to be simulated is located in a metropolitan area, it may be affected by the local heat island, and the database used as input to the software should take this phenomenon into account. To this end, it is useful to use a meteorological model such as the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to construct an appropriate input climate file. A case study based on a building located in the city center of Rome (Italy) shows that, if the climatic forcing linked to the heat island is not considered, the estimated consumption due to the cooling is underestimated by 35–50%. In particular, the analysis and the seasonal comparison between the energy needs of the building simulated by EnergyPlus, with the climatic inputs related to two airports in the rural area of Rome and with the inputs provided by the WRF model related to the center of Rome, show discrepancies of about (i) WRF vs. Fiumicino (FCO): Δ = −3.48% for heating, Δ = 49.25% for cooling; (ii) WRF vs. Ciampino (CIA): Δ = −7.38% for heating, Δ = +35.52% for cooling.

scholarly journals R&D Portfolio Management: the case study of a big energy company in Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-94
Author(s):  
Mariana Savedra Pfitzner ◽  
Ruy de Quadros Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Tariff Reduction ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Energy Company ◽  
Distribution Company ◽  
Energy Companies

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13071/regec.2317-5087.2012.1.1.4038.74-94Portfolio Management entails the systematic evaluation, selection and prioritization of R&D projects in the organizational context. The aim of this article is to discuss the use of tools for managing the R&D portfolio in the Brazilian electricity sector, using the case study of an energy distribution company as an analytical support. In this sector, investment in research projects and guidelines for their completion are enforced by law. Otherwise, energy companies would not invest in R&D, they would rather buy equipment and systems from international suppliers. The execution of these projects is also strongly supervised by ANEEL, which guarantees that their results will turn into new products, patents, job creation, tariff reduction and operational efficiency for the company. If projects do not accomplish with government criteria, energy companies may be strongly penalized. In order to avoid such risk, companies may implement Portfolio Management tools.

scholarly journals Women and rural tourism in the integration context – case study in Con Son, Can Tho

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. First
Author(s):  
Tran Thi Tuyet Van ◽  
Nguyen Duy An ◽  
Truong Hoang To Nga
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Status ◽  
Almost All

Tourism is one of the most important sectors creating jobs for women. According to the Tourism Human Resource Development Program by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism in 2015, the proportion of women in tourism accounted for 56% of the general labor force. In rural areas, participation in tourism organizations helps to significantly improve incomes and spiritual life of women. Through the tourist benefits, there has been a positive change in the awareness of gender equality that women are not only able to enhance income for themselves and their family but also contribute to local socio-economic development. The research team has selected Con Son (Son Island) in Can Tho Municipality for the survey because women here participate in almost all rural tourist activities. With the help of ethnographic fieldwork, participative observation and in-depth interview, the objective of the study is to assess the status and role of women in organizing, managing and implementing tourist activities. The results show that through tourism, the position of rural women, in family as well as in community, is lifted up. In parallel, tourism offers women many opportunities to manifest their capacity and to affirm their values.

scholarly journals Electrical Energy Demand in Rural India - A Case Study of Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Anna-Kaarina Seppälä ◽  
Nabin Raj Gaihre ◽  
Rinald Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Potential Market

India currently has the biggest unelectrified population in the world. Renewable-based microgrids could provide a sustainable solution to providing universal energy access. However, the potential electricity demand in rural areas is unknown and hard to predict. This data is needed to analyse the purchasing power and potential market for microgrids, and to assess their success rate. This study surveyed 73 households in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in India, to study the energy need in rural communities. The data shows that many unelectrified households are already using electrical appliances powered by small photovoltaic panels or batteries. The consumption is not income-generating but potential productive use cases are widely present. In Uttar Pradesh, small-scale microgrids are already providing homes with enough power for lighting and mobile chargers. An average unelectrified household was found to consume 2.48 kWhe monthly, and to spend ₹ 155 on energy services. Villagers wish for more appliances and more power, and have the required finances to pay for it.

scholarly journals Energy Production Analysis and Optimization of Mini-Grid in Remote Areas: The Case Study of Habaswein, Kenya

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Micangeli ◽  
Riccardo Del Citto ◽  
Isaac Nzue Kiva ◽  
Simone Giovanni Santori ◽  
Valeria Gambino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Power Stations ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
National Power

Rural electrification in remote areas of developing countries has several challenges which hinders energy access to the population.  For instance the extension of the national grid to provide electricity in these areas is largely not viable.  The Kenyan government has put a target to achieve universal energy access by the year 2020. In order to realize this objective, focus is being shifted to establishing off-grid power stations in rural areas.Among rural areas to be electrified, Habaswein is a settlement in Kenya's North Eastern region without connection to the National Power Grid where Kenya Power installed a stand alone hybrid mini-grid.Based on field observations, power generation data analysis, evaluation of the potential energy resource and simulations, this research intends to evaluate the performance of the Habaswein mini-grid and optimize the existing hybrid generation system to enhance its reliability and reduce the operation costs.The result will be a suggestion of how Kenyan rural areas could be sustainably electrified by using renewable energy based off-grid power stations. It will contribute to bridge the research gap currently existing on that area, and it will be a vital tool to researchers, implementers and the policy makers in energy sector.

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