In a certain district (population, 150,000), energy utilization conditions are very poor (only 5% of the households have electricity) and diseases connected with energy poverty such as chronic fatigue and indoor air pollution are very common. The Technical University of Mombasa has launched a research project on household energy and health where work on energy poverty in Kenya is listed. The initiative aims at increasing the number of households with modern energy sources by 20% each year. The project provides material and the population should provide labor. Two years later, less than half the target has been reached.

State the discrepancy, research question, and possible answers. Is this problem situation researchable?

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Indoor Air Pollution is the result of combustion of biomass fuels which leads to 34 million deaths worldwide and 500000 deaths in Africa annually Indo... View the full answer