Documents & Reports
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Designing Responsible End-User Subsidies for Energy Access : A Toolkit Featuring Case Studies for the Design of Subsidies in Off-Grid Solar and Clean Cooking (English)
Off-grid solar (OGS) and clean cooking solutions have played a significant role in accelerating universal energy access. An integrated approach, leveraging end-user subsidies (EUS) alongside other public...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 196971 Document Date: January 31, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ng’ethe, David,Luboyera, Davis,Slawek, Duda,Maraka, Jonathan,Coeveld, Laurens,Besnik Hyseni,Miller, Charlie,Federico Nicolas Hinrichs,Jennifer Lee Tracy,Raihan Elahi
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Off-Grid E-Waste Management Toolkit (English)
This Toolkit is intended to assist World Bank Energy and Safeguards teams with analyzing E&S risks in the off-grid solar sector and adopting appropriate safeguards. This Toolkit will help project teams...
Document Type: ESMAP Paper Report No.: 193959 Document Date: October 9, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Global Electrification Platform (English)
It explores least cost electrification strategies around the world, interacting with country contextual data and different investment scenarios.
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 192582 Document Date: July 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) 3.0 : Optimization of Centralized Grid Generation and Estimated Emissions Associated with the Achievement of SDG7 (English)
The Global Electrification Platform (GEP), an initiative by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning, was originally launched in November...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 192584 Document Date: July 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Mini Grid Solutions for Underserved Customers - New Insights from Nigeria and India (English)
Millions of people connected to the main grid in developing countries face unreliable electricity. A 2019 estimate suggested that two billion people suffered annual blackouts of 100 hours or more and that...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 188360 Document Date: March 18, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tenenbaum,Bernard W.,Greacen,Chris,Ashish Shrestha
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The Off-Grid Solar Policy Toolkit - Supporting Inter-Ministerial Collaboration to Advance Energy Access, Digital Transformation, and Financial Inclusion (English)
This Off-Grid Solar (OGS) policy toolkit is designed to assist governments in creating an enabling environment for OGS and pay-as-you-go (PAYG) sector growth by establishing policy reforms determined through...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 188361 Document Date: January 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Accelerating the Productive Use of Electricity : Enabling Energy Access to Power Rural Economic Growth (ESMAP Paper) (English)
The productive use of electricity in rural communities can contribute to significant socioeconomic development and increased welfare. The virtuous cycle of productive use of electricity assumes that early...
Document Type: ESMAP Paper Report No.: 184962 Document Date: September 22, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Raluca Georgiana Golumbeanu,Juliette Besnard,Bonsuk Koo,Federico Nicolas Hinrichs,Finucane,James Robert,Purcell, Chris,Barnes,Douglas French