a-project: Research Project 5: Female microenterprise creation and business models for private sector distribution of low-cost off-grid LED lighting

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Environmental Economics Policy Research Unit (EPRU) (South Africa); Africa-branch of Environment for Development (Sweden) with Nuru East Africa Ltd (Rwanda) Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) – Rwanda-office (head-‐office, New Haven, USA)

22nd February 2020
Female microenterprise creation, gender and welfare impacts, and business models for low-cost off-grid renewable energy: Multiple randomised experiments

Globally, 1.3 billion are without modern power, and grid expansion is not expected to keep pace with population growth. The viability of most enterprises for renewable lighting has been severely limited by pricing of products and financing mechanisms available. Behavioural aspects such as inconvenience associated with use represent further barriers to uptake and use of…

7th June 2016
ENERGIA News – May 2016, Building the evidence base for improving energy interventions’ effectiveness

This issue of ENERGIA News gives an introduction to the Gender and Energy Research Programme. The programme runs from February 2014 to February 2019 with financial support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The objective is to generate and analyse empirical evidence on the links between gender, energy and poverty, and to translate…

15th May 2016

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