Rethinking energy poverty interventions: Capabilities-informed stakeholder perspectives in Kumasi, Ghana
エネルギーポバティ介入の再考：ガーナ・クマシにおける能力に基づくステークホルダーの視点 (AI 翻訳)
Stephen Sodoke, Ilya Ermolin, Dickson Boateng, Ebenezer Gyampoh Amoah, Kwame Anokye
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日本語
本論文は、ガーナ・クマシにおいて40人のステークホルダーの視点を捉え、エネルギー貧困を永続させる4つの政策失敗要因を特定した。能力アプローチとQ手法を用いて、affordabilityとgovernance、実施と社会文化的障壁、社会包摂の欠如、アクセスと供給のギャップを明らかにした。コンセンサス重視の戦略が構造的障壁に対処する上で重要であると論じ、技術的拡大のみでは不十分であると結論付けた。
English
This paper captures stakeholder perspectives in Kumasi, Ghana, identifying four policy failure viewpoints that perpetuate energy poverty: affordability/governance, implementation/socio-cultural hindrances, social inclusion bottlenecks, and access/delivery gaps. Using the capability approach and Q-methodology, it argues that consensus-driven strategies are needed to address structural barriers, and that technological expansion alone is insufficient.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
In the global GX context
This paper contributes to the global discourse on energy poverty by demonstrating how stakeholder consensus-building can inform targeted policy design. It highlights the limitations of purely technological solutions and emphasizes structural, institutional, and distributional factors, which are relevant for SDG 7 implementation worldwide.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Offers a methodological contribution by applying Q-methodology and the capability approach to energy poverty research.
🏢実務担当者:Provides insights into stakeholder perspectives that can guide local energy program design and community engagement.
🏛政策担当者:Highlights the need to address structural barriers beyond technology, suggesting consensus-driven policy strategies.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Access to a reliable energy supply remains central to the socio-economic development of countries around the world. It also forms the basis for individuals' proper functioning in achieving relevant capabilities. However, a larger proportion of sub-Saharan Africa faces an unreliable power supply. Progress towards achieving SDG 7 is undermined by unaffordable and poor services, despite extensive infrastructural investment over the past decades. This is the case even among grid-connected households. Employing the capability approach and Q-methodology, this paper captures the perspectives of 40 stakeholders in Kumasi, providing insights into persistent energy challenges. The paper identifies four interrelated policy failure viewpoints that perpetuate energy poverty in the region. They include affordability and governance constraints, implementation and socio-cultural hindrances, social inclusion bottlenecks, and access and delivery gaps. Areas of consensus were also identified among stakeholders that call for immediate policy action. Even though divergent viewpoints were identified, we argue that once the consensus areas are resolved, these diverse perspectives will be addressed simultaneously. The findings show the need to prioritise consensus-driven strategies to address structural barriers, offering a novel approach to aligning stakeholders' views with targeted energy policy design. Based on the findings, we further argue that technological expansion alone, which has been the major policy approach in the past, is insufficient to eradicate energy poverty. Structural, institutional and distributional factors shape patterns of energy usage. The paper contributes to energy poverty scholarship and provides evidence-based policies to avert this trajectory.
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