Can market mechanisms facilitate energy access for people living in extreme poverty? Part 1
This report has 2 parts. Part 1 looks at the number of people in extreme poverty and part 2 explores how market mechanisms can be used to provide energy access to people living in extreme poverty.
Abstract
Part 1 of this report provides an overall picture of the number of people in extreme poverty living in sub-Saharan Africa and the Indo-Pacific who don’t have access to energy. It examines the key drivers of poverty and lack of energy access and how these interact. It looks at the similarities and differences in energy needs, the access barriers people face, and the factors that are likely to hamper people’s ability to take up market mechanisms.
Part 2 to this report covers the role of market interventions and business models.
This report is part of the Transforming Energy Access programme.
Citation
Practical Action. ‘Can market mechanisms facilitate energy access for people living in extreme poverty? Part 1: Understanding the relationship between energy access and extreme poverty’ Practical Action Publishing 2023