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Electrification scale-up in Africa will require rigorous, yet low-cost and practical monitoring and evaluation to guide the programs, plan and measure impacts, and collect lessons learned for improvements. Monitoring, evaluation, and impact evaluation are vital in determining whether development initiatives, such as rural electrification effectively reduce poverty. In the past there have been many claimed benefits from rural electrification - including gains in productivity, learning and health. This clinic on the impact of rural electrification investments focuses on development outcomes, and whether the assumed benefits can be quantitatively verified. The session presents monitoring and evaluation tools and components that work and typical conclusions that can be drawn from evidence-based evaluation.
Africa Electrification Initiative Workshop
Session 2: Offgrid Business Models
Session 3: Hybrid Electrification Models
Session 4: Rural Electrification Agency and Rural Electrification Fund
Session 5: Grid Intensification, Innovation and Cost
Session 6: Offgrid Technology and Lighting Africa
Session 7: Can Master Plans Work?
Session 8: Pro Access Regulation
Session 9: Monitoring and Evaluation
Session 11: Financing and Subsidies for Utilities
Session 12: Financing (and subsidies) for Small Providers and Renewable Energy
Session 13: User Financing via Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) and Utility Bills
Session 14: Institutional and Financial Aspects of a Rural Electrification Experience: Tunisia
Session 15: An Energy Subsidy Clinic: How to Design and Improve Access Subsidies