Ghana : Women's Energy Enterprise - Developing a Model for Mainstreaming Gender into Modern Energy Service Delivery

Ghana : Women's Energy Enterprise - Developing a Model for Mainstreaming Gender into Modern Energy Service Delivery

This paper looks at the feasibility of creating employment in the energy sector for women in rural communities in Ghana. The report is based on a stakeholders' analysis of the feasibility of embarking on a micro-enterprise on multiple energy s...

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Main Author:	Kumasi Institute of Technology and Environment
Format:	ESMAP Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY ADEQUATE EDUCATION AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AMORPHOUS SILICON APPROACH BASIC EDUCATION BATTERIES BATTERY CHARGING BIOMASS CAPACITY BUILDING CLEAN AIR CLEAN COAL CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES COMMERCIAL SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRY COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS CULTURAL PRACTICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DIESEL DIESEL ENGINE DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC LIGHTING ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT EFFICIENT LAMPS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY BILLS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFFS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENERGY PLANNERS ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SERVICE ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY USE EQUIPMENT FARMERS FARMS FISH FLUORESCENT LAMPS FUEL GAS GAS SECTOR GASOLINE GENDER GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER ROLES GENERATION GRID POWER HOSPITAL HUSBANDS HYDROPOWER INCOMES INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS INDIVIDUAL WOMEN JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES KEROSENE KEROSENE LAMPS LANDFILL LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME MARKETING MEDICAL SERVICES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL CAMPAIGN NATIONAL POPULATIONS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OIL OIL IMPORTING OIL IMPORTING COUNTRIES OPINION LEADERS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PETROLEUM PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PETROLEUM SECTOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS PILOT PROJECTS POLITICAL PARTY POOR WOMEN POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION SIZE POVERTY REDUCTION POWER POWER GENERATION POWER OUTAGES POWER SECTOR POWER SYSTEM POWER TRADE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY PROGRESS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ENERGY RURAL HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION RURAL WOMEN SERVICE DELIVERY SITUATION OF WOMEN SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLAR LANTERNS SOURCE OF ENERGY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER OF SKILLS TRANSPORTATION UTILITY BILLS VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WOMAN YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/7339498/ghana-womens-energy-enterprise-developing-model-mainstreaming-gender-modern-energy-service-delivery http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17950

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