Grid connection
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References and resources
• Energy for Rural Communities Practical Action Technical Brief
• Rural lighting, Technical Brief
• Rural Lighting: A guide for development workers Practical Action Publishing and The
Stockholm Environment Institute,1994
• Electricity in Households and Microenterprises P Clancy, Joy and Rebedy, Lucy
Practical Action Publishing
• The Challenge of Rural Electrification: Strategies for Developing Countries. Douglas F.
Barnes. 2007, ISBN: 1933115440 Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Low-cost Electrification - Affordable Electricity Installation for Low-income Households
in Developing Countries, Smith, Dr. Nigel, Intermediate Technology Consultants,
Commissioned by the ODA, 1995
• Electricity, Desai, Ashok V., Wiley Eastern Limited, 1990.
• Electricity for rural people, Foley, Gerald. PANOS, 1990.
• A Guide to Producing Manuals and Facilitating Participation in the Planning of Off-grid
Electrification Projects, Stephen Ward, Intermediate Technology Consultants Ltd, 2000.
• Rural Energy and Development, The World Bank, 1996.
• Silenced Rivers, McCully, Patrick, Zed Books Ltd., 1996
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This document was updated by Alison Doig for Practical Action November 2007.
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