Catalyzing Investment for Renewable Energy in Developing Countries

Moon, Jin-Young; Song, Jihei; Lee, Seojin

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“…Emerging economies have explicitly incorporated NRE policies in their rural electrification programmes to mixed success (Urmee and Md, 2016). However, policy uncertainty has been a persistent barrier to investment across most countries (Moon et al, 2016). Although most literature agrees that policy interventions are needed to provide sufficient energy access for the rural population, there is some debate about what those interventions should be (Glemarec, 2012;Hanna et al, 2017).…”

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New and renewable energy social enterprises accessing government support: Findings from India

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In a world that increasingly invites private actors to address social needs, there has been a rise of social enterprises in a variety of sectors, including new and renewable energy. As of yet, little research has focused on how these enterprises interact with government policy in low-and middle-income countries. This research specifically explores how social enterprises operating in rural India with decentralized renewable energy solutions seek to access government support, and what strategies they adopt to engage with the government. An inductive theory-building approach was adopted to explore this and advance current knowledge in the boundaries of social entrepreneurship and policy. We propose 'Engagement' and 'Disengagement' as the two strategies used by social enterprises in this context in accessing government support and policy. 'Engagement' is a strategy comprising of the tactics: (a) Leveraging Policy, (b) Building and Leveraging Relationships, (c) Lobbying, and (d) Monitoring. 'Disengagement' is a strategy comprising of the tactics: (a)

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