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Energy Justice and Energy Access- Analyzing the Power Africa Initiative’s Strategies in Furthering Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa through Energy Justice Theory

Alfredsson Jofs, Ella LU (2021) STVK12 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Energy justice theory is still a nascent field in political science and especially underresearched in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, this thesis aims to further the discourse on energy justice by analyzing the Power Africa Initiative, an international financing initiative which objectives include furthering energy access in the region, from the perspective of three energy justice dimensions: distributional, recognitional and procedural. Utilizing qualitative content analysis and a deductive coding approach
this thesis analyses the Power Africa Initiatives annual reports between 2014-2020 as to assess how the organization engages with energy justice in its policy and activities. This
thesis concludes that the Power Africa... (More)
Energy justice theory is still a nascent field in political science and especially underresearched in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, this thesis aims to further the discourse on energy justice by analyzing the Power Africa Initiative, an international financing initiative which objectives include furthering energy access in the region, from the perspective of three energy justice dimensions: distributional, recognitional and procedural. Utilizing qualitative content analysis and a deductive coding approach
this thesis analyses the Power Africa Initiatives annual reports between 2014-2020 as to assess how the organization engages with energy justice in its policy and activities. This
thesis concludes that the Power Africa Initiative primarily discuss distributive justice aspects compared to recognitional and procedural which is more peripheral to the organization’s goals and strategies. Overall, the analysis presented a narrow conception
and shallow engagement with justice considerations as the operations of the organization tend to focus on quantitatively measuring its impact; amount of new connections, profits in market opportunities and megawatts produced, rather than the end-use impacts and opportunities for the recipients in gaining electricity access. (Less)
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author
Alfredsson Jofs, Ella LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK12 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Energy Justice, Sub- Saharan Africa, The Power Africa Initiative, Energy Access, Power Sector
language
English
id
9046470
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 11:20:57
date last changed
2021-07-06 11:20:57
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  abstract     = {{Energy justice theory is still a nascent field in political science and especially underresearched in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, this thesis aims to further the discourse on energy justice by analyzing the Power Africa Initiative, an international financing initiative which objectives include furthering energy access in the region, from the perspective of three energy justice dimensions: distributional, recognitional and procedural. Utilizing qualitative content analysis and a deductive coding approach
this thesis analyses the Power Africa Initiatives annual reports between 2014-2020 as to assess how the organization engages with energy justice in its policy and activities. This
thesis concludes that the Power Africa Initiative primarily discuss distributive justice aspects compared to recognitional and procedural which is more peripheral to the organization’s goals and strategies. Overall, the analysis presented a narrow conception
and shallow engagement with justice considerations as the operations of the organization tend to focus on quantitatively measuring its impact; amount of new connections, profits in market opportunities and megawatts produced, rather than the end-use impacts and opportunities for the recipients in gaining electricity access.}},
  author       = {{Alfredsson Jofs, Ella}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Energy Justice and Energy Access- Analyzing the Power Africa Initiative’s Strategies in Furthering Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa through Energy Justice Theory}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}