Harnessing Solar Power for Productive Use

As sub-Saharan Africa seeks to address their growing energy demands given financial constraints, limited capital, and poor existing infrastructure; Uganda presents a particularly challenging case among African countries. With a rapidly growing population and economy and rural electricity penetration of only about 5%, the Ugandan government is...

Financing the diffusion of solar portable lighting in Cameroon: An exploratory modelling approach

Access to safe, reliable lighting is a critical need for poor rural households in developing countries. Un-electrified households often rely on kerosene lamps, which cause major impacts on health and the environment. However, advances in LED lighting and photovoltaic (PV) technology have enabled the rapid development of a market for solar...

Barriers and opportunities for the transfer of second-hand computers in Uganda

The main purpose of this work was to explore the barriers and opportunities that the transfer of second-hand computers, more precisely refurbished computes, could have if they were send to Uganda from Europe. In order to deal with this, we employed some frameworks previously developed to assess whether this transfer could be appropriated,...

Working Conditions in the Bangladeshi garment sector: Social dialogue and compliance

The Bangladeshi garment sector is a leading garment manufacturing industry in the world that has been growing constantly during the last decades. Today the garment sector represent the 80% of the national export and counts USD 19 billions revenues; these numbers describe the sector as the most important manufacturing industry in Bangladesh. The...