Knowledge Platform for the Impact of Access to Sustainable Energy Survey (IASES)

The Impact Access to Sustainable Energy Survey (IASES) was carried out in cooperation between the National Bureau of Statistics in Tanzania (NBS), Instituto Nacional de Estatística in Mozambique (INE) and Statistics Norway (SSB) between 2018-2024. The project was funded by the Norad, the Norwegian agency for development cooperation.

Reports from Tanzania

• The Impact of Access to Sustainable Energy Survey (IASES) 2021/22 – Access to Electricity and Modern Cooking Solutions (PDF at nbs.go.tz)
  The report called is based on Sustainable Energy for all SE4All/World Bank framework tier classification. Two key findings reports are also published, one in Kiswahili and one in English.
  Report / 24 November 2023
• Drivers and barriers. Adoption of electricity and improved cooking ovens in Mainland Tanzania
  Access to electricity and improved cooking solutions is dependent upon policy and available resources at the national level, the community level and the household level.
  Report / 17 September 2024
• Electrification in Tanzania: An Analysis of Household Connectivity and Appliance Usage (nmbu.brage.unit.no)
  This master thesis examines the impact of electrification on households in Tanzania.
  Master thesis from The Norwegian University of Life Sciences / 2024

Reports from Mozambique

• Access to Electricity and Modern Cooking Solutions in Mozambique
  The report presents key findings from the survey on households' access to (sustainable) energy for electricity and cooking, as well as the quality of the access.
  Document / 25 September 2024
• Impact of Access to Sustainable Energy Survey 2022
  The report presents key findings from the survey on households' access to (sustainable) energy for electricity and cooking, as well as the quality of the access.
  Report / 16 September 2024
• Inquérito sobre o Impacto do Acesso à Energia Sustentável 2022” (PDF in Portuguese)
  In 2022, 32 per cent of households in Mozambique had access to the electrical grid, and 18 per cent had access to electricity from other sources, mainly solar power.
  Report / 2023

Documentation, resources and tools

• Access to electricity and cooking solutions. Technical documentation
  This document presents the technical approach for how to collect, process and publish data on the multi-tier household access to electricity and cooking solutions based upon the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), a global knowledge and technical assistance program administered by the World Bank.
  Document / 25 September 2024

Methodological documentation, questionnaires, manuals, training material, CSPro application and syntax used for the analysis of data are available on Github.

Video lectures for training enumerators in Tanzania are available on Youtube.