Prospects and Constraints to Attaining Universal Access to Modern Energy in Malawi: A Review
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Date
2021
Authors
Chamdimba, Hope Baxter
Mugagga, Gad Reuben
Ako, Elias
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Abstract
The Malawi Government regards energy as a life blood of the economy and as such a number of national policy
documents have emphasized energy as one of the national priority areas that demand urgent intervention by the government and
stakeholders. There is also a consensus that ensuring universal access to modern energy in an energy deficit country will also help
improve living standards of people in line with national and global goals. Through a 2018 National Energy Policy, Malawi
effectively domesticated the Sustainable Development Goal Seven and the Sustainable Energy for All objectives which among
others seek to ensure universal access to modern energy by the year 2030. However, now in the last decade of the 2030 agenda,
the country is not yet on the path to achieving the universal access to energy goal despite of having numerous opportunities for
reversing the energy poverty trends. Doing a post-mortem is of essence in order to determine prospects and constraints to
achievement of the national energy goals and objectives regarding universal access to modern energy. Therefore, this paper seeks
to discuss the status of energy access to modern energy in the country, the prospects and constraints in relation to energy policy,
regulatory environment, institutional capacity, energy resource, capital investment, technology and human resource.
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Keywords
Energy Constraints, Energy Prospects, Malawi, Modern Energy, Universal Access
Citation
Chamdimba, H. B., Mugagga, R. G., & Ako, E. (2021). Prospects and Constraints to Attaining Universal Access to Modern Energy in Malawi: A Review. International Journal of Sustainable and Green Energy, 10(1), 19-27.