Changing energy profiles and consumption patterns following electrification in five rural villages, South Africa

By M. Madubansi, C. Shackleton. 2006

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South Africa's rapid electrification programme: Policy, institutional, planning, financing and technical innovations (2008, background): “Madubansi and Shackleton (2006) indicates that the slow but steady migration of households towards using electricity for thermal applications reported by Stats SA does not necessary apply in rural areas: ‘‘yfor thermal needs, most notably cooking, fuelwood has remained the most widespread fuel, and…”
Energy consumption practices of rural households in north China: Basic characteristics and potential for low carbon development (2013, background): “For instance, many studies depict the overall energy situation of rural households with the use of descriptive statistic analyses (Zhou et al., 2008; Miah et al., 2010, 2011; Madubansi and Shackleton, 2006; Wang and Feng, 2001, 2005; Fan et al., 2011) which are either taken from national (local) sta”
Model-based scenarios for rural electrification in developing countries (2012, background): “Studies have shown that evenwhen people can afford electric cook stoves, rural households in India and Africa generally prefer cooking on wood or other fuels [27].”
Developing entrepreneurship in Africa: investigating critical resource challenges (2017, background): “Madubansi and Shackleton (2006) argue that government policies have not yielded the necessary returns to revitalise and maintain the African energy sector.”