Energy and development in Kenya: opportunities and constraints

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Title:	Energy and development in Kenya: opportunities and constraints
Editors:	O'Keefe, Philip Raskin, Paul Bernow, Steve
Year:	1984
Issue:	1
Language:	English
Series:	Energy, environment and development in Africa (ISSN 0281-8515)
City of publisher:	Stockholm, Sweden
Publisher:	Beijer Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
ISBN:	9171062254
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	energy fuelwood
Abstract:	Foreword by Gordon T. Goodman. The International Institute for Energy and Human Ecology (the Beijer Institute) of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Kenyan Ministry of Energy (created in 1980), carried out a systems study of the fuelwood cycle within the energy and development context of Kenya. The body of this book summarizes the main issues and findings of the study. Specialized material on important aspects of the energy problem in Kenya, along with detailed documentation of data sources, field surveys and computer analyses will be published in a complementary set of nine volumes. Three appendices: Shemes of woodfuel supply and demand, tables of research development strategies to support a woodfuel programme.