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GOGLA Impact Research Matrix
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Impact Areas
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Research Research Type / Size / TechnologyAuthor / Org / DateCountry EAESExHEdIGCOSTJRCOWAQLGFLIAItAp
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The impact of off-grid solar home systems in Kenya on energy consumption and expendituresQuantitative analysis, 1048 householdsNatascha Wagner et al.
May 2021
Kenya
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Socio-economic and environmental impacts of rural electrification with Solar Photovoltaic systems: Evidence from southern EthiopiaQuantitative analysis, 605 households, semi-structured interviewsYibeltal T. Wassie
Muyiwa S. Adaramola
February 2021
Ethiopia
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Mapping synergies and trade-offs between energy and the sustainable development goals: A case study of off-grid solar energy in RwandaQualitative analysisIwona Bisaga et. al.
February 2021
Rwanda
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Discussion Paper:
How End-User Subsidies Can Help
Achieve Universal Energy Access
Desk research, 25 semi-structured interviewsGOGLA
January 2021
Global
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Examining the Journey of a Pay-as-You-Go Solar Home System
Customer: A Case Study of Rwanda
Quantitative analysis, 100 customers, 2 FGDsVivien Kizilcec et al.
January 2021
Rwanda
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Using a choice experiment to understand preferences in off-grid solar
electricity attributes: The case of Nigerian households
Quantitative analysis, 312 customersObafemi Elegbede et al.
December 2020
Nigeria
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The Energy Lock-In Effect of Solar Home Systems:
A Case Study in Rural Nigeria
Mixed methods, 150 householdsOlumide Hassan et al.
December 2020
Nigeria
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Productive Use Report: Evaluation of Solar Powered Agricultural Technologies for Productive-Use Applications, A Modeling ApproachSemi-structured interviews, quantitative modelingA2EI
September 2020
Tanzania, Global
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Designing sustainable subsidies to accelerate universal energy accessDesk research, semi-structured interviewsTearfund
August 2020
Global
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Improving the Quality of Life
of Kenyan Households with
Off-Grid Solar Home Systems
Quantitative analysis, 1000+ households, Solar home systemsAltai Consulting & Shell Foundation
August 2020
Kenya
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Access to more: creating energy choices for refugeesQuantitative analysis, semi-structured interviews, 370+ displaced households, lanterns, solar hom systems, cookstovesShell, Dalberg Advisors, Vivid Economics
July 2020
Global
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Finding the sweet spot:
identifying affordable quality
solar products for the last mile
Field research, desk research, testing of 18 non-QV productsGlobal Distributors Collective
June 2020
Global
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Intermediaries and Electrification: Dimensions of Trust and Consumer Education in Kenya’s Off-Grid Solar MarketMixed methodsElise Harrington
MIT
May 2020
Kenya
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Powering Opportunity. Energising Work, Enterprise and Quality of Life with Off-Grid SolarQuantitative analysis, semi-structured interviews, 7300+ households, Solar home systemsGOGLA & Altai Consulting
May 2020
Global
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Matchmaking power:
expanding climate
finance for off-grid
solar electricity
Desk researchStockholm Environment Institute
April 2020
Global
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Variation in rural household energy transitions for basic lighting in IndiaQuantitative analysis, semi-structured interviews, 22 householdsElise Harrington
MIT
March 2020
India
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The effects of solar home system on welfare in off-grid areas: Evidence from Côte d’IvoireQuantitative modelingDiallo & Moussa
March 2020
Cote d'Ivoire
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Why off-grid energy mattersQuantitative analysis60Decibels
February 2020
Global
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Digital Finance for Energy Access in Uganda: Putting Mobile Money Big Data Analytics to WorkQuantitative analysis, semi-structured interviewsUNCDF
February 2020
Uganda
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Powering Opportunity in South Asia: From Work to Well-being, the Important Role of Small Scale SolarQuantitative analysis, 949 households
Solar home systems
GOGLA & Altai Consulting
February 2020
India, Pakistan
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Pricing Quality: Cost Drivers and Value Add In the Off-Grid Solar SectorCost breakdown analysis, semi-structured interviews, 15+ OGS companies and experts, Solar home systemsHystra
December 2019
Global
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Powering Opportunity in West Africa: Improving Lives, Powering Livelihoods with Off-Grid SolarQuantitative analysis, 1,687 households
Solar home systems
GOGLA & Altai Consulting
December 2019
Nigeria, Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
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A Tale of Two Sisters: Microfinance Institutions and PAYGo SolarCase studies, Solar home systemsCGAP
November 2019
Senegal, Uganda
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Africa Energy Outlook 2019Customer survey, Quantitative modellingIEA
November 2019
Africa
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Multilevel customer segmentation for off-grid solar in developing
countries: Evidence from solar home systems in Rwanda and Kenya
Quantitative analysis, 68,600 customersRyan Kennedy et al.
November 2019
Rwanda, Kenya
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How innovation in off-grid refrigeration impacts lives in KenyaQuantitative analysis, 1023 customersCDC GroupKenya
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Energizing Finance: Understanding the Landscape 2019Desk research, quantitative analysisSEforALL
October 2019
Global
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Lighting the Way: Roadmap to Exits in Off-Grid EnergyDesk research, in-depth interviews, WorkshopAcumen
October 2019
Global
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First Steps: How Early Adopters Climb the Solar Energy LadderCustomer survey, in-depth interviews
564 customers
Solar lanterns, SHS
FINCA
October 2019
Uganda
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The Market Opportunity for Productive Use Leveraging Solar Energy (PULSE) in Sub-Saharan AfricaMarket studyLighting Global, ESMAP, Dalberg Advisors
September 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Dirty Footprint of the Broken Grid: The Impacts of Fossil Fuel Back-up Generators in Developing CountriesQuantitative modellingIFC
September 2019
Global
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Powering Opportunity in East Africa: Proving Off-Grid Solar is a Power Tool for ChangeQuantitative analysis, semi-structured interviews
1,419 households
Solar home systems
GOGLA & Altai Consulting
September 2019
Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique
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Going the Distance: Off-Grid Lighting
Market Dynamics in Papua New Guinea
Quantitative analysisIFC
Augst 2019
Papua New Guinea
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Use and Benefits of Solar Water PumpsQuantitative analysis analysis
375 customers
Solar water pumps
Energy for Efficiency
June 2019
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
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Investing in the off-grid solar sector: What you need to knowQuantitative analysis, semi-structured interviews, literature studyGOGLA
June 2019
Globlal
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Off-Grid Solar. A Growth Engine for JobsQuantitative analysis, semi-structured interviews, literature studyVivid Economics & GOGLA
June 2019
Global
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Energizing job
creation: employment
opportunities along
the off-grid solar value
chain
Quantitative analysis, semi-structured interviews, literature studyVivid Economics & GOGLA
May 2019
Global
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Productive use of offgrid solar: appliances
and solar water pumps
as drivers of growth
Quantitative analysis, semi-structured interviews, literature studyVivid Economics & GOGLA
May 2019
Global
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Policy Approaches for a Kerosene to Solar Subsidy Swap in IndiaLiterature studyIISD
April 2019
India
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Lasting impact – Sustainable off-grid solar delivery models to power health
and education.
Case studies, semi-structured interviewsUN Foundation and SEforALL
April 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa, India, Philippines
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Gender in the transition to sustainable energy for all: From evidence to inclusive policiesENERGIA
March 2019
12 countries
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Electricity Access
in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Uptake, Reliability, and Complementary
Factors for Economic Impact
mixed methods, quantatative analysis
grid, SHS, solar lanterns
World Bank
March 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Impacts of Solar on Rural Indian Householdsquasi-experimental, control group
1904 respondents
solar lanterns
IFC / Lighting Asia
February 2019
India
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The True Cost of Solar Tariffs in East Africa
Anaylsis of sales data, literature review
SHS
Rob Fetter 
Jonathan Phillips
February 2019
East Africa
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Rural electrification in India: Customer Behavior and Demandsurvey, 10,049 households and 2,019 enterprises
mini-grids, SHS
Smart Power India
February 2019
India
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Solar energy for all? Understanding the successes and shortfalls through a critical comparative assessment of Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and South Africamixed methods, 482 interviews, 91 home tours, 12 FGDs
SHS, solar lanterns, mini grid
Ankit Kumar et al.
February 2019
Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mozambique,Sri Lanka and South Africa
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Energy Access and Off-Grid Solar in Uganda: Examining solar adoption and the role of flexible payment mechanisms as a driver for energy accessmixed methods, 554 households
solar lanterns, SHS
United Nations Capital Development Fund's (UNCDF) CleanStart
Schatz Energy Research Center (SERC)
February 2019
Uganda
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Ethiopia - Multi-Tier Framework (MTF) Surveysurvey, 5469 households
solar lanterns, SHS, cook stoves
World Bank
January 2019
Ethiopia
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Rwanda - Multi-Tier Framework (MTF) Surveysurvey, 3300 households
solar lanterns, SHS, cook stoves
World Bank
January 2019
Rwanda
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Cambodia - Multi-Tier Framework (MTF) Surveysurvey, 3300 households
solar lanterns, SHS, cook stoves
World Bank
January 2019
Cambodia
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Renewable Energy: A Gender Perspectivesuvrey, 1500 respondents
1155 individuals
285 organisations
144 countries
IRENA
January 2019
Global
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Pay-As-You-Go financing: A model for viable and widespread deployment of solar home systems in rural IndiaLiterature review
semi-structured interviews with 3 experts
SHS
Prabhakar Yadava
Anthony P. Heynen
Debajit Palitc
January 2019
India
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Measurement and estimation of off-grid solar, hydro and biogas energysurvey, literature review
SHS, lanterns, minigrids, biogas
IRENA
December 2018
Global
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Supporting last-mile women energy
entrepreneurs: What works and what does no
4,153 women
SHS, lanterns, cook stoves
S Dutta - ENERGIA
December 2018
Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda
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Poor people’s energy outlook 2018semi-structured interviews, case studies
cook stoves, mini-grids, SHS
Practical Action
December 2018
Ghana, Kenya, India, Nepal, South Africa, Peru
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Success and failure in the political economy of solar electrification: Lessons from World Bank Solar Home System (SHS) projects in Sri Lanka and Indonesia92 semi-structured interviews
2 case studies
SHS
Benjamin K.Sovacool
December 2018
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
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An assessment of the tax and subsidy options to
accelerate solar home systems in Uganda
20 semi-structured interviews
literature review
Duda Cardoso , Crystal Mugimba , Jonathan Maraka
Uganda Off-Grid Energy Market Accelerator
November 2018
Uganda
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Taming the Strange Beasts:
Servicing and the Future
of PAYGo
literature review, in-depth interviews
SHS
Daniel Waldron et al
CGAP / CDC
November 2018
Global
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To climb or not to climb? Investigating energy use behaviour among Solar
Home System adopters through energy ladder and social practice lens
Survey w/256 respondents
Energy mapping w/ 20 respondents
SHS
Iwona Bisaga
Priti Parikh
University College London
November 2018
Rwanda
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Employment
opportunities in an
evolving market
Off-grid solar: creating high-value
employment in key markets
Survey
40 companies
SHS, solar lanterns
Vivid Economics & GOGLA
November 2018
Global
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Energizing finance: understanding the landscapeSecondary Synthesis & Analysis, Case studies
Investment in electrification and clean cooking
SHS, solar lanterns, cookstoves
SEforALL
November 2018
Africa
Middle-East
East Asia
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Last Mile Solutions for Low-Income CustomersEmperical findings, literature review
Lanterns, SHS
Shell Foundation
October 2018
Global
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The unlocked potential of solar home systems; an effective way to overcome domestic energy poverty in developing regionsModeling
SHS
Ghassan Zubi et al
September 2018
Global
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OFF-GRID APPLIANCE
MARKET SURVEY:
Perceived Demand and Impact Potential of Household,
Productive Use and Healthcare Technologies
Survey
135 respondents (industry, policy, development)
46 product catagories
CLASP
September 2018
Global
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Productive use of energy – Pathway to development? Reviewing the
outcomes and impacts of small-scale energy projects in the global south
Empirical findings from an impact evaluation & secondary synthesis and analysis
30 projects
SHS, solar lanterns, cookstoves
Julia Terrapon-Pfaff, Marie-Christine Gröne, Carmen Dienst, Willington Ortiz
July 2018
Global
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Assessing Opportunities for Solar Lanterns to Improve Educational Outcomes in Rural
Off-Grid Regions: Challenges and Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial
RCT
Survey among 1400 children
Solar lanterns
Ognen Stojanovski, Mark Thurber, Frank A. Wolak, George Muwowo, Kat Harrison
Stanford University & ACUMEN, June 2018
Zambia
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CEEW - Clean Energy Innovations to Boost Rural Incomes Literature review, semi-structured interviews
94 stakeholders (development organisations, think thanks, entrepreneurs etc.)
Sanchit Waray, Sasmita Patnaik, & Abhishek Jain
CEEW
October 2018
India
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Solar home systems and solar lanterns in rural areas of the Global South: What impact?Literature review
89 articles
Xavier Lemaire
April 2018
Global
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Prices, Products and Priorities Meeting Refugees’ Energy Needs in Burkina Faso and KenyaSurvey
353 household respondents,
117 enterprises and
25 community facilities
in two refugee camps
Cookstoves, solar lanterns
Drew Corbyn and Mattia Vianello
Practical Action
January 2018
Kenya
Burkina Faso
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Powering Opportunity Phone interviews with 2,343 SHS customersGOGLA & Altai Consulting
July 2018
Kenya
Mozambique
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
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Do determinants of adopting solar home systems differ between households and micro-enterprises? Evidence from rural BangladeshRCT
467 Households
123 Micro Enterprises
Masamitsu Kurataa, Noriatsu Matsuib, Yukio Ikemotoc, Hiromi TsuboidBangladesh
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FINCA - Perceived Health Benefits of Off-Grid ProductsFDG with 50 users
Survey among 782 respondents
70 follow-up interviews

Solar lanterns, SHS, cookstoves
Scott Graham & Anahit Tevosyan
Spring, 2018
Uganda
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Powering Last Mile ConnectivitySecondary Synthesis & Analysis, Internet connectivity, PAYGBloomberg / Facebook
February 2018
Global
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Off-grid Renewable Energy Solution to Improve Livelihoods: Insights from Southeast AsiaCase studies, tailored models, public-private sector, minigrid, livelihood developmentIRENA, 2018South East Asia
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Acumen Energy Impact Report5500 customer interviews
Solar lanterns / SHS
Kat Harrison
Acumen
January 2018
Global
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Dalberg Market Trends ReportSecondary Synthesis & Analysis
Solar Lanterns / SHS
Dalberg
January 2018
Global
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Escaping Darkness: Understanding consumer value in PAYGo solarPrimary Data: Survey, 138 Customers
from BBOXX, PEG, M-KOPA and Off Grid Electric
Daniel Waldron
CGAP / FIBR
January 2018
Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana
Kenya
Tanzania
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How household systems contribute to resilienceSecondary Synthesis & Analysis
Solar Lanterns / SHS
Andrew Scott, Leah Worrall, Jesper Hörnberg & Long Seng To
ODI
December 2017
Global
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Demand for Off-Grid Solar Electricity / willingness-to-pay for different off-grid solar technologies RCT among 324 randomly selected households in 16 rural communities,
Solar Lanterns / SHS
Michael Grimm, Luciane Lenz, Jörg Peters & Maximiliane Sievert
Environment for Development
November 2017
Rwanda
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Can Renewable Energy Jobs Help Reduce Poverty in India? Secondary Synthesis & Analysis on company-own (rather then end consumer) jobs and employment benefits + interviews w/companies and Members of staff
Solar Lanterns / SHS
Bharath Jairaj et al
World Resources Institute
November 2017
India
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Why Wait? Seizing the Energy Access DividendSecondary Synthesis & Modelling
Solar Lanterns / SHS
Andrew Scott
ODI,
November 2017
Kenya
Ethiopia
Bangladesh
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Beyond Lighting: Evaluating the needs of rural communities (in Lake Zone, Tanzania)Customer Survey
300+ customers
SHS
Solaris Offgrid
September 2017
Tanzania
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The impacts of rural electrification on labor supply, income and health: experimental evidence with solar lamps in Tanzania760 households, baseline & follow-up survey, Solar LanternsAnna Margret Aevarsdottir, Nicholas Barton & Tessa Bold
Stockholm University
September 2017
Tanzania
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Shedding light on the last mile: a study on the diffusion of pay as you go solar home systems in CEAraw server data (sales) 747
Interviews with 27 defaulting customers
Jack Barrie
Heather J Cruickshank
University of Cambridge
August 2017
Cent East Africa
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Powering Primary Healthcare through Solar in India: Lessons from ChhattisgarhSHS & Stand alone solar for health care services (approx. 2KW)Aditya Ramji et al
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
July 2017
India
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Tuned In - Television and civic engagement in off-grid societyPhone interviews, 250 M-KOPA solar TV customers (SHS + TV)Roger Steadman
Ipsos, M-KOPA
July 2017
Kenya
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Impact of a rural solar electrification project on the level and structure of women’s empowermentBasline & Follow up surveys w/738 women using solar market gardens + biometric assessment of smaller group of women + children
Solar Water Pumping
Burney et al
University of Calfornia & SELF
July 2017
Benin
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TURNING ON THE LIGHTS: Transcending Energy Poverty Through the Power of Women EntrepreneursIn person, 53-question survey
asked in more than 20 villages across 5 regions to 257 Solar Sister Customers (Tanzania)
Gray, Boyle and Yu
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
June 2017
Tanzania
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Rural energy access through solar home systems use patter and opportunities for improvementSurvey 565 respondents
SHS
Ognen Stojanovski, Mark Thurber, Frank Wolak
Stanford University
April 2017
Uganda
Kenya
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An Evidence Review: How affordable is off-grid solar? Secondary Synthesis
Solar Lanterns / SHS
Kat Harrison & Tom Adams
Acumen
March 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Exposure reductions associated with introduction of solar lamps to kerosene lamp-using households in Busia County, KenyaAir quality monitoring, 20 householdsLam et al
University of California
March 2017
Kenya
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The Economic Impact of Solar Lighting - Results from a randomised field experiment in rural KenyaRCT - 1400 households
Solar lanterns
Adina Rom, Isabel Günther & Kat Harrison
ETH Zurich, Acumen, SolarAid & Google
February 2017
Kenya
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Training and integrating rural women into technology: a study of Renewable Energy Technology in BangladeshInterviews w/ 86 trainees working at Grameen Shakti; 252 trainees not working at GS; 18 women working at GS; 99 women engineers & 45 regional managers
SHS
David Hemson & Nancy Peek
Asian Institute of Technology
January 2017
Bangladesh
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Can Solar Lanterns Improve Youth Academic Performance? Experimental Evidence from BangladeshRCT - 882 housholds (446 w/solar lanterns + 436 control)
Solar lanterns
Yuya Kudo, Abu S. Shonchoy & Kazushi Takahashi
World Bank
January 2017
Bangladesh