Publications
This report contains two volumes that detail an ongoing ESMAP and World Bank effort to use off- grid electrification alternatives as a vehicle to enhance economic development and the lives of women in rural Bangladesh. The main report includes the project Opportunity for Women in Renewable technology Use in Bangladesh activities, lessons learned and forward looking strategies for women’s empowerment and increasing economic opportunities through technology transfer.
Annex E provides guidelines for renewable energy technology and gender in the public sector in Bangladesh, which can guide future programs. This action oriented project was implemented in Char Montaz, an isolated rural island off the southwestern coast of Bangladesh, which developed a model for community driven, private-public partnership mechanism for decentralized low-cost renewable energy services that also empowers rural poor women. The project trained women to establish and manage a cooperatively owned micro-enterprise that manufactures and sells energy products—battery-operated direct current (DC) lamps, batteries, battery-charging facilities, diesel-operated microgrid electrification, and solar home systems.
