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Impacts of rural electrification revisited – the African context

Jörg PetersEnvironment and Resources, RWI, Essen, Germany;AMERU, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 327-345 | Received 15 Jul 2015, Accepted 11 Apr 2016, Published online: 18 May 2016

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