Pro-Poor End-User Subsidies
…– and thereby undo the tremendous success the sector has had in expanding access thus far. To address this issue, together with GOGLA, EnDev, and ACE, we have created the…
An Emerging Market for Off-Grid Solar’s Newest Frontier: PULSE
…for off-grid households and micro-enterprises across the agricultural, industrial, commercial, and public sectors. A market for these new applications is emerging, and is explored in our new report, “Market Research…
An Emerging Market for Off-Grid Solar’s Newest Frontier: PULSE
…off-grid households and micro-enterprises across the agricultural, industrial, commercial, and public sectors. A market for these new applications is emerging, and is explored in our new report, “The Market Opportunity…
New Report: “The Market Opportunity for Productive Use Leveraging Solar Energy (PULSE) in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
…off-grid households and micro-enterprises across the agricultural, industrial, commercial, and public sectors. A market for these new applications is emerging, and is explored in our new report, “The Market Opportunity…
New Study Finds Kerosene Subsidies an Obstacle to Energy Efficiency and Development
…on the difference between local retail prices and true market prices, and is nearly $35 billion per year when externality costs from climate change damage and local air pollution are…
Access to Finance
…pre-agreed targets, financing facilities like the one in Ethiopia, and unlocking commercial financing – in particular from local commercial banks. We also continue to develop innovative new avenues to address…
“You Can See the Future from Here” The World Bank Solar Village
What do you think of when you imagine a village center? Most likely some sort of kiosk or market comes to mind; a place to buy essentials, and perhaps a…
BLOG: Public Funding for Off-Grid Solar
…other milestones, has the advantage that the risk of failure is borne by the company rather than the funder, and is proven to be effective at incentivizing companies to enter…
BLOG | How Lighting Asia/India empowers women through off-grid solar solutions (by Anjali Garg) – on IFC Medium
…an impact story; women are actually smart business,” explained Ajaita Shah, the company’s CEO. We couldn’t agree more. By May 2016, Frontier Markets had sold 115,000 solar lamps and torches…
Innovative Rural Employers Keep Pace with Employee Needs
…back more quickly. Each solar kit comprises four lanterns, one solar panel and a battery that can recharge a mobile phone and run a radio. “We have never had a…