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An Unlikely Development Ally: Sizing the Market for Low-Power Television
By Shanti Mahajan “In rural areas, after dark, it gets really boring.” –Abhijit Banerjee, speaking at the 2012 Bandra Literature Festival Ask a development professional about the needs of people at the base-of-the-pyramid (BoP), and you’ll probably hear the usual suspects: … Continue reading
Posted in Energy and Environment
Tagged BOP, Brazil, CLASP, development, electricity, energy, Ethiopia, gender, Global LEAP, India
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Q&A with Shashi Buluswar, Director of LIGTT
Part of Dalberg’s mission – to mobilize effective responses to the world’s most pressing problems – is to be a platform for development leaders. Recently, Shashi Buluswar transitioned from Dalberg’s management team to its expert advisory board, and accepted a … Continue reading
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Tagged alumni, Dalberg, energy, energy and environment, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, LIGTT, science
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Why fund this, not that?
by Daniel Altman The following is an excerpt from “Fund This, Not That: Ideas for Improving Investments in Global Development,” a Dalberg Global Development Advisors compendium released this week, available here. In global development, good intentions are no longer enough. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, energy, fund this not that, global health, human rights, impact, publications, social investment
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“LIGTT”-ing the way to a better growth model
Dalberg partners with technological heavyweight to launch one-of-a-kind institute by Chris Denny-Brown On March 8, via live webcast from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) campus in Berkeley, California, Dalberg’s Shashi Buluswar announced the official launch of LIGTT (the LBNL … Continue reading
Embracing a cleaner, more cost efficient fuel option in Kenya
by Naoko Koyama When I walked through Kibera during lunchtime last year, smoke was everywhere as residents cooked with firewood and charcoal. Now, a new business launched by a pioneering Kenyan company is about to change the cooking scene in … Continue reading
Posted in Energy and Environment
Tagged alternative fuel, cooking gas, energy, fuel, Kenya, liquefied petroleum gas, LPG
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Using renewable energy to power mobile towers
As the mobile subscriber base in India rapidly grows, so does the need for expanded service. Already home to 400,000 mobile towers, the country expects to build 200,000 more over the next two to four years in order to meet … Continue reading
Posted in Energy and Environment
Tagged DFID, electricity, energy, environment, green towers, India, mobile, mobile towers, Mumbai, rural electricity
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Supporting investment in climate change technologies
Large, increasing populations combined with rapid economic growth have positioned the Asia Pacific region as a major source of global greenhouse gas emissions. It is also one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change: there are more people at … Continue reading
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Tagged ADB, Asia, Asian Development Bank, China, clean technology, climate change, climatech, energy, environment, India
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Expanding biomass energy production in India
Approximately 45% of households in rural India lack electricity, a statistic that reaches as high as 90% among the country’s poorest states. In response to this gap, a leading mini-grid social enterprise in India has begun producing electricity from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, biomass, electricity, energy, environment, India, Mumbai
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