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The energy-enterprise-gender nexus: lessons from the Multifunctional Platform (MFP) in Mali
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posted on 2023-06-08, 23:28 authored by Benjamin SovacoolBenjamin Sovacool, Shannon Clarke, Katie Johnson, Meredith Crafton, Jay Eidsness, David ZoppoThe Mali Multifunctional Platform (MFP)—a government managed, multilaterally sponsored energy program that distributed a small diesel engine attached to a variety of end-use equipment—expanded access to modern energy services and raised village incomes from 1999 to 2004. Over this period, it successfully distributed more than 500 MFPs throughout Mali, and in doing so empowered women, improved educational opportunities, and enhanced food security and community cohesion. The MFP has also motivated the government to install 1800 such platforms by the end of 2012. Based on original research interviews supplemented with an extensive literature review, this study introduces readers to the rural energy situation in Mali and describes the history of the MFP project. It then discusses the benefits the project achieved, as well as five sets of challenges the MFP faces: a growing number of non-functional platforms, lack of policy coordination, poverty, dependence on imported technology and fuel, and patriarchy. The study concludes by offering six lessons for energy development planners and practitioners.
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Renewable EnergyISSN
0960-1481Publisher
PergamonExternal DOI
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50Page range
115-125Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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2016-01-14Usage metrics
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