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“Best practices” are not always best for emerging energy markets

Mark Thurber

Bridges to Nowhere: Poor Power Quality Prevents Growth

Civian Kiki Massa, Jay Taneja

SSIR: Scaling Power for Global Prosperity

More than a billion people worldwide live without access to basic electricity: One in every six people on Earth doesn’t have enough energy at home for indoor lighting or even to charge a mobile phone. But as appalling as that figure is, it has misled policy-makers, nonprofits, and funders about the true extent of global energy poverty.

Todd Moss

Use It or Lose It: Why Retaining Local Institutional Capacity Matters for Energy Planning

Jose Maria Valenzuela

Strategizing for Africa’s High Energy Future: Reflections from the African Energy Forum 2024

Meron Tesfaye

The Fridge Goes Viral as an Illustration of Global Energy Inequality

Foreign Affairs: Can Nigeria Solve Its Energy Crisis?

Nigeria is home to one in every five Africans and it has the continent’s largest economy. More than half of Nigerians are under 20 years old. Whether all these bright young people will drive growth or generate instability depends largely on whether Nigeria’s economy can produce jobs for them. And Nigeria won’t be able to create jobs at the required pace until it solves its energy crisis.

Job Creation and Energy in Africa

Todd Moss

Mobilizing Finance

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