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This report investigates barriers and solutions to scale for market-based approaches offering cleaner energy access to low-income customers in developing countries, for home and small scale productive uses. The objective is to learn from a selection of the most innovative and successful practitioners, representing solutions with high potential and innovation dynamics: solar lanterns, solar home systems, clean energy microgrids, solar irrigation pumps, and improved cook stoves.

This report provides a brief overview of investment opportunities in Ivory Coast.

The first part of this report focuses on describing household demographics and results from questionnaires on self-reported health symptoms. Part two focuses on the use of kerosene lamps and how this changed after the three solar lamps were provided to each household. The third part looks at pollutant concentrations in rooms of the house and how those changed after solar lamps were introduced. The fourth section looks at how exposure to two members of the house, an adult and a school pupil, changed after solar lamps were introduced.

In 2016 a research team from Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship undertook survey research with Solar Sister to examine the effects of solar lantern use on users’ health, education, time allocation, household savings, income generation, and increased agency. The research team conducted a 53-question survey in more than 20 villages across five regions in Tanzania. The data and stories presented here are intended to help illuminate the potential of solar lanterns to improve livelihoods in rural Tanzania and beyond.

The report elaborates the value that customers derived from PAYGO solar, why they decided to purchase it, how they were able to afford it, the manner in which they paid for it, and if they considered the product to be valuable.

This report provides a brief overview of investment opportunities in Rwanda.

This publication outlines how the SDGs offer a compelling growth strategy for African business, pointing to an economic prize of at least US$1.1 trillion by 2030 for the African private sector and the potential to create 85 million new jobs. The report highlights opportunities in four sectors: food and agriculture, energy, health and cities.

This publication outlines how the SDGs offer a compelling growth strategy for Indian business, pointing to an economic prize of at least US$1 trillion by 2030 for the Indian private sector and the potential to create 73 million new jobs. The report highlights opportunities in four sectors: food and agriculture, energy, health and cities.

This report provides a brief overview of investment opportunities in Guinea.

This report presents case studies and findings on how enterprises are reaching the BOP. It provides a window into the potential that exists in serving BOP customers, the possibilities related to developing for-profit and scalable businesses, as well as delivering social goods that are beyond the reach of government capacity.