Hard Earth Series: Seeing the light: Harnessing rural electrification to boost development - Livestream

Human development depends on electricity. But, around the world, rural areas often lack power. How to best bring them electricity in ways that both spur economic development and help curb global warming? It’s a knotty question. Electricity to pump groundwater can facilitate more productive agriculture. But it also wastes groundwater, which is becoming more valuable with climate change.

Speaker: Sudatta Ray, Stanford

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