Cost-effective procurement of electricity generation is a challenge for countries around the world. The situation is particularly difficult in developing countries with high and volatile load growth rates and limited access to financing
There is tremendous market potential for efficient cookstoves in Central America, according to a new ESMAP-supported report. At the same time, only 10 percent of the 20 million people in the region who depend on firewood for cooking use an…
In recent years, different approaches to providing aid have emerged. The sector-wide approach (SWAp) is a country-led, results-focused framework that brings together development partners and other stakeholders to coordinate aid within a…
Rapid expansion of energy access requires both accurate assessment and tracking of progress in energy supply and use. Up until now, though, energy access has generally been measured with simple, binary metrics (“having a connection” “not…
