This book chronicles the development of Vietnam’s rural electrification program. It tells the story of how the Vietnamese government conceived, developed, scaled up, and improved its program. It also discusses the roles the government, the…
Between 2000 and 2008, the City of Campinas, in the Brazilian State of Sao Paolo, developed a successful energy management program, increasing tap water connections by 22 percent without additional energy requirements. These new…
Africa is home to one of the world’s largest off-grid populations; approximately 590 million people live with no connection to their national electric grid. As a result, large segments of the continent’s population rely on hazardous…
By mandating low-energy building standards in sales contracts of city-owned land, the City of Münster (Germany) caused a market transformation that led to 80 percent of all new buildings constructed in 2010, even those not built on city-…
The objectives of this review are twofold: First, to provide an overview of the portfolio of activities completed and delivered under each of the portfolios and second, and most importantly, to review the results and impacts of all…
In 2000, the Armenian capital’s water utility, the Yerevan Water and Sewerage Enterprise (YWSE), entered into a five-year, performance-based management contract with private operator Acea Spa Utility (Acea). Over the contract period (2000-…
