
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Angela Mae Minas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Samira García-Freites</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Christopher Walsh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Velma Mukoro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aberilla, Jhud Mikhail</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amanda April</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jaise Kuriakose</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carlos Gaete-Morales</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gallego Schmid, Alejandro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarah Mander</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Advancing Sustainable Development Goals through energy access: Lessons from the Global South</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy access</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Global South</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Renewable energy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SDG 7</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sustainable development goals</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032124001801</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">199</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">114457</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Under the banner of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), governments, industry, and civil society organisations have supported many energy access projects since 2015. Notably, funding and investments allotted to renewable energy are regarded not only to provide ‘energy for all’ but also support the delivery of other SDGs related to climate change, food security, health, and poverty reduction, among others. With less than 10 years left to meet the SDG 7 targets, it is timely to take stock and examine how the provision of access to energy is driving development initiatives, impacting local communities, and influencing governance processes. This paper offers a critical review and analysis of the impact of access to energy projects based on empirical work from eight country case studies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It interrogates how these projects contribute towards achieving SDG 7 and other sustainable development goals, highlights challenges, and then draws lessons for research, policy, and development practice. To advance SDGs, it recommends action in four areas: addressing rural-urban disparities, ensuring that energy is linked to sustainable outcomes, balancing top-down and bottom-up agendas, and appraising implications of techno-economic factors.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>