ミャンマーにおけるエネルギー貧困に関する検討

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The objective of this study is to explore the ways for eradicating poverty and achieving decent lifestyles for people in Myanmar, one of the South East Asian countries, especially from the energy poverty point of view. Here, Myanmar was chosen as a target area, as the country has been in the beginning stage of “take-off”. We carried out two sorts of surveys, the 30-households-in-depth-interview, and the nationally representative 1,000 sample survey by the standard nation-wide random sampling procedure. We found that most households got through the energy poverty situation in the urban areas, but still people are experiencing the energy poverty situation in rural areas. But we observed that solar panels have provided a different situation in the rural areas; solar panels made it possible for rural households to use electric lighting, smartphones, and several small home-appliances.