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This report briefly explains the approach of shared value, including factors and principles which are necessary for the successful inclusion of poor people into a company's value chain. Various business cases from different sectors and countries are presented and the diverse process steps from value chain analysis to project formulation, project implementation, impact measurement and scaling are examined.

This report identifies the methodological challenges of defining off-grid renewable energy systems and proposes classifications to improve data collection and analysis of this sector. It provides a global overview of the available statistical resources, and it concludes with four steps to improve methodology development and data collection in the future.

The article assesses the business model and the social, environmental and economic impact of the 2009 founded Ugandan enterprise Solar Sister that trains women to be entrepreneurs for clean energy products.

This paper is one of 13 country studies on access to energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the current situation for off-grid solutions in Ghana and identifies key policy measures to enable accelerated access to electricity.

Beyond the comprehensive assessment of the current state of the cook stoves sector, the report provides the first global baseline for clean and improved cooking, including analyses of fuel and stove penetration, end-user segmentation, and industry structure. It also proposes a common terminology to define various types and categories of cooking devices. It offers lessons and recommendations that we hope will guide governments, private sector, and the donor community in developing increasingly effective interventions to help billions of people who still rely on biomass for their cooking needs.

This paper is one of 13 country studies on access to energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the current situation for off-grid solutions in Somalia and identifies key policy measures to enable accelerated access to electricity.

This paper is one of 13 country studies on access to energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the current situation for off-grid solutions in Tanzania and identifies key policy measures to enable accelerated access to electricity.

This collection of case studies was launched together with a framework for systematic South-South transfer of inclusive business models. The case studies summarise the business models, challenges and lessons learned in transferring the business models from India to African countries.

This report examines where to best deploy capital and structure partnerships that offer maximum value, and how to achieve the SDGs in the most cost-efficient way possible. It outlines market-building methods that support for social enterprises serving low-income consumers, as well as the comparative advantages, objectives and incentives of different stakeholders and how these can be harnessed to forge stronger ecosystems that rapidly accelerate market growth.

This report conceptualizes a new multi-tier framework for defining and measuring access to energy. Binary metrics help us understand the phenomenon of expanding energy access and how it impacts socioeconomic development. This report heralds a new definition and metric of energy access that is broader—it covers energy for households, productive engagements and community facilities, and focuses on the quality of energy being accessed. The multi-tier framework underlying Beyond Connections will prove to be a tool for measuring and goal-setting, investment prioritization, and tracking progress.