Decentralized Energy Services to Fight Poverty : Outcome Driven Engagement of Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the Provision of Energy Services in IDA Countries
The Department for International Development (DFID)-Funded Energy Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Program was created to support SMEs by helping countries unblock the factors that prevent their potential in the delivery of energy services. With thirteen energy projects in twelve countries and one...
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The Department for International Development (DFID)-Funded Energy Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Program was created to support SMEs by helping countries unblock the factors that prevent their potential in the delivery of energy services. With thirteen energy projects in twelve countries and one regional program in Africa, the implementation of the program started considerably slower than expected but has demonstrated potential to make an impact in a relatively neglected area of delivering energy services to the poor. Lack of access to sufficient and sustainable supplies of energy affects as much as 90 percent of the population of many developing countries. Some 2 billion people are without electricity; a similar number remain dependent on fuels such as animal dung, crop residues, wood, and charcoal to cook their daily meals. Widespread inefficient production and use of traditional energy sources, such as fuel-wood and agricultural residues, pose economic, environmental, and health threats. Uneven distribution and use of modern energy sources, such as electricity, petroleum products, and liquefied or compressed natural gas, pose important issues of economics, equity, and quality of life. The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) Energy SME program focused on off-grid electrification and biomass use as many communities and households that have yet to be electrified are relatively isolated, and off-grid electrification may be the only economically rational choice. Pilot initiatives were launched in 12 countries to address specific economic, institutional, and technical characteristics of small medium size enterprises. Baseline assessments revealed that many of these enterprises will not be economically viable, unless they receive an initial direct or indirect capital cost support in the form of subsidies or grants. Even with such subsidies, the underlying economics of the enterprises remain fragile. The pilot programs focused on the following activities: 1) assessing the legal, institutional, and financial framework under which SMEs can function in the energy sector; 2) supporting training, pilots, and tests of technology or financial schemes; 3) assisting SMEs develop their investment plans, and 4) studies and analyses needed to promote SMEs in general as well as in the context of ongoing World Bank Group investment programs. One of the biggest challenges for SMEs is the need for further support to acquire investment loans from commercial financiers. |
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Decentralized Energy Services to Fight Poverty : Outcome Driven Engagement of Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the Provision of Energy Services in IDA Countries |
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Decentralized Energy Services to Fight Poverty : Outcome Driven Engagement of Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the Provision of Energy Services in IDA Countries |
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Decentralized Energy Services to Fight Poverty : Outcome Driven Engagement of Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the Provision of Energy Services in IDA Countries |
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Decentralized Energy Services to Fight Poverty : Outcome Driven Engagement of Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the Provision of Energy Services in IDA Countries |
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Decentralized Energy Services to Fight Poverty : Outcome Driven Engagement of Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the Provision of Energy Services in IDA Countries |
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decentralized energy services to fight poverty : outcome driven engagement of small and medium-size enterprises in the provision of energy services in ida countries |
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okr-10986-171442021-04-23T14:03:34Z Decentralized Energy Services to Fight Poverty : Outcome Driven Engagement of Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the Provision of Energy Services in IDA Countries World Bank access to electricity access to energy access to finance access to financing access to information accreditation Action Plan action plans Advertisements advisory services agricultural residues Alternative Energy Alternative Energy Program alternative funding animal dung Approach artisan artisans auctions availability balance Bank Customer Bank loan best practice biomass Biomass Gasification biomass power biomass power plants biomass technologies Borrower business development business development services business incubation business incubators business management business model business models business needs Business Opportunities Business Plan business plans business services business support business training businesses capability Capacity Building capacity-building capital cost Carbon Finance Carbon Market cell phone chambers of commerce commercial banking commercial banks commercial loans Cook Stoves cooperatives cost of energy credit line delivery services demand for electricity diesel diesel fuel distribution channels distribution system donor funding Electricity electricity distribution electricity generation enabling environment end users energy efficiency energy efficiency improvements energy sources Energy Strategy Energy Supply entrepreneurial skills entrepreneurs equipment equipment costs equity investors equity participations expenditures Facilitation financial benefits financial capacity financial institutions financial intermediaries financial management financial players financial products financial schemes financial support financial viability financing needs fossil fossil fuels fuel fuel oil fuel systems fuel use fuels gasification technology gender gender aspects gender mainstreaming generation systems grid connections grid electricity grid electrification grid systems help desk households hydro power hydropower ICT implementations information systems installation installments Institutional capacity Institutional capacity building institutional framework inventory investment plans kerosene Lack of access legal framework lenders load factor loan facility management services management systems manufacturing market demand market information market opportunities market potential market research market segment marketing Medium Enterprise Medium Enterprises micro finance micro finance institutions microfinance microfinance institutions natural gas networks new market online business operating costs outreach petroleum petroleum products pilot project pilot projects pipeline power power generation Power Purchase Agreements power sector private sector private sector development private sector participation private sectors procurement product design productivity protocol public facilities radio radio stations regulatory framework regulatory frameworks regulatory requirements Renewable energy renewable energy projects renewable energy systems repayment result results retail price retail sales risk management rural access rural electrification Rural Energy savings seed money Service Contract service providers sites Social Responsibilities solar home system Solar Home Systems solar lanterns Solar Systems start-up start-ups supervision supply chain supply of energy services Sustainable Energy sustainable operation targets Technical Assistance technical knowledge technology transfer television Training Center training course Training workshop training workshops transaction transaction costs Universal Access urban areas User users uses utilities Value chain village villages wind wind turbine The Department for International Development (DFID)-Funded Energy Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Program was created to support SMEs by helping countries unblock the factors that prevent their potential in the delivery of energy services. With thirteen energy projects in twelve countries and one regional program in Africa, the implementation of the program started considerably slower than expected but has demonstrated potential to make an impact in a relatively neglected area of delivering energy services to the poor. Lack of access to sufficient and sustainable supplies of energy affects as much as 90 percent of the population of many developing countries. Some 2 billion people are without electricity; a similar number remain dependent on fuels such as animal dung, crop residues, wood, and charcoal to cook their daily meals. Widespread inefficient production and use of traditional energy sources, such as fuel-wood and agricultural residues, pose economic, environmental, and health threats. Uneven distribution and use of modern energy sources, such as electricity, petroleum products, and liquefied or compressed natural gas, pose important issues of economics, equity, and quality of life. The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) Energy SME program focused on off-grid electrification and biomass use as many communities and households that have yet to be electrified are relatively isolated, and off-grid electrification may be the only economically rational choice. Pilot initiatives were launched in 12 countries to address specific economic, institutional, and technical characteristics of small medium size enterprises. Baseline assessments revealed that many of these enterprises will not be economically viable, unless they receive an initial direct or indirect capital cost support in the form of subsidies or grants. Even with such subsidies, the underlying economics of the enterprises remain fragile. The pilot programs focused on the following activities: 1) assessing the legal, institutional, and financial framework under which SMEs can function in the energy sector; 2) supporting training, pilots, and tests of technology or financial schemes; 3) assisting SMEs develop their investment plans, and 4) studies and analyses needed to promote SMEs in general as well as in the context of ongoing World Bank Group investment programs. One of the biggest challenges for SMEs is the need for further support to acquire investment loans from commercial financiers. 2014-02-25T20:49:30Z 2014-02-25T20:49:30Z 2009-06 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17144 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Energy Study Economic & Sector Work |