Smart villages :  new thinking for off-grid communities worldwide / 
compiled by Brian Heap. 
 - 124 pages :  illustrations, photographs, maps ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Essays from a workshop following the launch of the Smart Villages Initiative on 27 January 2015, hosted by the University of Malaysia Sarawak in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Energy for development : the concept / J Holmes and T van Gevelt -- Energy innovation for smart villages / D M Kammen -- Transforming rural communities through mini-grids / A Bahaj -- Leapfrogging to sustainable power / R V Kumar --Smart villages : the Malaysian approach / A Z Laidin -- Can energy access improve health? / W Soboyejo -- Energy provision and food security in off-grid villages / M S Swaminathan and P C Kesavan --Smart villages for smart voters / M Banerjee --Public policy targets for energy access / B K Sovacool -- Energy policies for off-grid villages in Tanzania / A Mnzava -- Will private-sector finance support off-grid energy? / T S Schmidt --How electricity changed our lives / M J Ssali --Energy and ICT for educational inclusion in Latin America / J G Diaz -- Improving life for women and girls in Sierra Leone / CA Thorpe -- A way of life : energy porvosion in Africa / M Barasa -- A better future for the bottom billion / D Nayyar. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780993293207  Hadiah 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Energy development--Congresses.<br/>Renewable resource integration--Congresses.<br/>Sustainable development--Congresses