DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY IN AFRICA Kick-off Meeting

1. DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY IN AFRICAKick-off Meeting IMPACT OF ENERGY INTERVENTIONS ON POVERTY REDUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT : CASE STUDIES MULUNGUSHI CONFERENCE CENTRE 9TH SEPTEMBER 2005 PRESENTER: Gilbert Phiri, Mrs. L. Zulu Prof. Yamba: CEEEZ.

2. PROFILE OF PRESENTATION • INTRODUCTION • DO ENERGY INTERVENTIONS REDUCE POVERTY • ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT OF ENERGY INTERVENTION • CONCLUSION

3. 1. INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND • One of the objectives of the DEA project is to link energy interventions, poverty reduction and development. • Energy intervention in this case can be a policy or measure that can play a role in reducing the large burden of poverty and environmental degradation on one hand, and also contribute to attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), on the other.

4. 1. INTRODUCTION • As a measure it can be in the form of a sustainable and clean energy intervention including renewable energy; modern biomass, geothermal, solar, small hydro power on one side, and LPG, and solar cookers, on the other. • Broadly poverty can be defined as: • An inability to cater for basic needs (food, shelter, health etc). • Lack of opportunities to exploit human resources owing to insufficient access to education and health care.

5. 1. INTRODUCTION Dimensions of Poverty Poverty as ‘a lack of’ Basic Needs Income/ consumption Assets (material & non- material) Dignity/ autonomy/ social inclusion Equality (gender & ethnicity) Political freedom & security

6. 1. INTRODUCTION • Lack of status and power, making it difficult to influence one’s own situation and breakout of the inadequacy. • High degree of vulnerability owing to very limited economic base. • Dimensions of poverty can be illustrated as given in the diagram below.

7. 2. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INTERVENTION- POVERTY NEXUS • Sustainable energy development will only happen if poverty is tackled and the environment is protected. • This can be achieved through expansion of clean, sustainable and renewable energy. • There is now consensus among policy makers and stakeholders that energy is central to reducing poverty and hunger through improving health, increasing literacy and education, and improving the lives of women.

8. 2. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INTERVENTION- POVERTY NEXUS • To reduce poverty requires that access to electricity and other modern energy services are enhanced through provision of other things– clean water, adequate sanitation and health services.

9. 3. ENERGY INTERVENTION CASE STUDIES • OBJECTIVES • To identify and characterize relevant energy interventions as an input to the development of the Assessment Framework • To provide candidates for case studies to test the analytical framework • ENERGY INTERVENTIONS SELECTED • ESCOS • SOLAR BAKERY • TSADC • RCI

10. 3. ENERGY INTERVENTION CASE STUDIES • Assessment of impact of energy intervention on poverty reduction/ development BASIC INTERVENTION DATA

11. 3. ENERGY INTERVENTION CASE STUDIES ECONOMIC

12. 3. ENERGY INTERVENTION CASE STUDIES SOCIAL

13. 3. ENERGY INTERVENTION CASE STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL

14. 3. ENERGY INTERVENTION CASE STUDIES LINKAGES, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

15. 3. CONCLUSIONS • Such an input can be used for the DEA Assessment Framework • It is evident that policy; inclusive of driven-implementation, is key in enhancing Development; especially in the African scenario. • The link between Energy and Development is profoundly clear.

16. END “Poverty is a pain, like a disease it attacks a person not only materially but also morally. It eats one’s dignity and drives one into total despair” World Bank 2000. DEA is offering a generous dose of a panacea.