In Brief:

Improved energy services are a necessary condition for development and poverty reduction, and yet energy inputs to livelihoods have dropped off the development agenda. A paper examining some of the recent developments in the area of energy poverty (Andrew Barnett, Sussex Research Associates).

New DFID-funded research projects on the role of energy within sustainable livelihoods (Clive Caffall, ETSU).

The terms and categories used in the livelihoods framework matched with perceptions of how they link to the energy sector (Andrew Barnett, Sussex Research Associates).

As part of DFID's Knowledge and Research programme, the International and Rural Development Dept at Reading University are conducting a research project (April 2000 - March 2002) that aims to bring the subject of rural energy into mainstream extension networks, and to demonstrate a practical sustainable livelihoods approach to energy (Dick Hodierne, AEA Technology)

NR International used video in a project funded by DFID on public participation in rural energy policy-making in Malawi.

DFID has just released a draft consultation document to look at issues related to energy for poverty eradication.

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