This report considers the challenges faced by developers implementing renewable energy projects in the SADC region, analyzes existing prefeasibility or early-stage project preparation funds in the region and globally to assess if they effectively support project developers, and provides recommendations on how to improve and scale up these facilities.
This report investigates efforts to enhance investment in energy efficienct appliances in Zambia, and provides recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of these efforts
This handbook examines financing mechanisms suitable for the renewable energy access sector in Madagascar, and provides advice on preparing financing applications.
This report describes the context and potential for hydropower development in Madagascar.
This report provides an extensive overview of the hydropower sector in Cameroon, including technologies, project management, and socio-economic and environmental context, and offers an assessment of the feasibility of a specific micro-hydro project in Yaoundé.
This article presents the results of an analysis of Ugandan river and stream hydropower potential.
This slide deck provides a quick introduction to the Ugandan hydropower sector, including relevant actors, current projects and future potential.
This blog and inforgraphic present the results of a World Bank study on the decision-making journey towards adopting and using clean cooking solutions in Rwanda, Madagascar and Ghana.
This study investigated (1) What marketing messages are effective at increasing willingness to pay for a more efficient stove in rural Uganda; (2) What sales offers (e.g., free trial and time payments) increases willingness to pay and uptake; (3) What effects does ownership of an efficient stove have on the use of old and new […]
This is a cam[paign strategy to engender behavioural change and the increased uptake of clean cooking solutions in Kenya.