More than 1.2 billion people are without access to electricity. Universal energy access is a
challenging goal. However, the growth of mobile phones and the microfinance industry …

This paper examines the role of public instruments in promoting private finance to achieve
off-grid sustainable energy access. Renewable energy technologies are increasingly …

For decades, lending to the poor meant microcredit, and energy related projects rarely fit into
that model. The few attempts at intersecting energy and microfinance faltered for various …

In this paper we present an alternative approach to addressing the problem of energy
poverty. The private and community ownership in electricity factors of production, economic …

This paper provides a concise theoretical overview of projects linking microfinance and
energy access and tracks both sectors for signals of a transition process where roles and …

The poor are willing and able to pay for reliable energy services. This is the kernel of
decentralized renewable energy's prospects for financial success in the developing world …

In India, decentralized renewable energy has emerged as a favorable solution for rural
electrification. A cadre of private sector enterprises exists and companies are in a process of …

Shell Foundation's (SF) report'Accelerating Access to Energy', published in December 2014,
outlines the independent charity's 14 year journey to create and scale new decentralized …

Abstract As the Secretary General of the United Nations and the president of the World Bank
are calling upon countries to commit themselves to universal access to modern energy …

One in five people around the world, approximately 1.3 billion people, 1 lack access to
electricity. Prevailing estimates of the investment required to end this energy poverty rely on …