Biofuels and Rural Poverty by Joy Clancy

Biofuels and Rural Poverty by Joy Clancy

Examines the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries. This work looks at the production of biofuels from another perspective: the role of biofuels in reducing rural poverty.

"The book makes a valuable contribution because it is able to exploit a niche of the biofuel debate that is often mentioned but glossed over, that is, the effects that larger-scale production of biofuels may have on the rural poor.. In summary, Joy Clancy’s Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an important contribution to the literature on biofuels, particularly in the aspects of land ownership and access, gender gaps, and equitability in the distribution of benefits to the poor." – Shahnila Islam, International Journal of Water Resources Development

"I can recommend the book to those who work in any area of development economics with links to renewable energy. I have worked in the fields of development economics and renewable energy economics, and my opinion is that this book applies well to both." - Wallace E. Tyner, Purdue University in BioScience (2013)

Joy Clancy is Associate Professor in Technology and Development at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. She has published extensively on development, energy and poverty.

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ISBN 13	9781844077199
ISBN 10	1844077195
Title	Biofuels and Rural Poverty
Author	Joy Clancy
Series	Routledge Studies In Bioenergy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2012-12-18
Number of pages	216
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