Date of Award
5-2016
Degree Type
Capstone
Degree Name
Dual Degree Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in Community Development and Planning (MBA/CDP)
Department
International Development, Community and Environment
Chief Instructor
Jude Fernando
Second Reader
Lin Boldt
Keywords
Solor Cooker, Social entrepreneurship, Haiti, Solar, Cooking, Climate Change
Abstract
In developing countries such as Haiti, households heavily rely on charcoal and wood to satisfy their energy needs. The unsustainable use of these fuels accompanies adverse health and women's inequality impacts. As well as have severely altered Haiti’s environmental landscape. Solar cooking is one clean energy alternative to these issues. Despite its multiple benefits; solar cookers have had little traction in developing countries. Most research is focused only on technical improvements of solar cookers. This paper looks at how the utilization of solar cookers can positively impact the problems facing Haiti due to traditional cooking methods (1) environmental, (2) energy crisis, and (3) women inequalities. The implementation plan developed focused on increasing the use of solar cookers by empowering women through employment in a solar cooker manufacturing facility in Haiti.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Lelani S., "Social entrepreneurship as a response to the energy crisis, climate change and women’s inequality in developing countries: Women managed solar cooker production business in Rural Haiti" (2016). International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE). 33.
https://commons.clarku.edu/idce_masters_papers/33
Included in
Business Commons, Environmental Studies Commons, International and Area Studies Commons, Urban Studies and Planning Commons