Private Sector Partnership for Inclusive Solar Park Development in Rajasthan

Event: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia

Private Sector Partnership for Inclusive Solar Park Development in Rajasthan

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This presentation discusses the advantages of considering India’s Rajasthan State as a solar destination. The development of solar parks as a joint venture public-private partnership is introduced. It also explains the benefits of forming a public-private joint venture company.

Minigrid System for Remote Disadvantaged Communities in Nepal

Event: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia

Minigrid System for Remote Disadvantaged Communities in Nepal

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With the objective of developing and promoting renewable energy technologies in Nepal, the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre shares its policy framework in this presentation. The intended outputs of the Center’s National Rural and Renewable Energy Programme as a more coherent and coordinated approach to renewable energy sector development are examined.

Solar Programs of the Infrastructure Development Company Limited

Event: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia

Solar Programs of the Infrastructure Development Company Limited

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Bangladesh’s Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), in this presentation, features the solar home system program and solar mini-grid project as its renewable energy initiatives. ICDOL promotes the use of alternative energy sources by ensuring the financial and economic sustainability of the renewable energy sector with commercialization as an ultimate goal.

Taxing Properties and Managing Land: The Many Pathways on a Long Journey in the Philippines

Event: Meet Lucy: Do New Ideas in Governance Work in Practice?

Taxing Properties and Managing Land: The Many Pathways on a Long Journey in the Philippines

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Land management and real property tax reform have at least a forty-year history in the Philippines, underlining the immense political, social, technical, and institutional challenges of reforms in this area. The Asian Development Bank-financed REGALA project and its predecessor, the AusAID-financed Innovation Support Fund (ISF), adopted an approach that combined land management, and real property tax reforms.

Myanmar: Working with Incentives and Identifying Common Ground to Produce a Collaborative, Inclusive Fisheries Law

Event: Meet Lucy: Do New Ideas in Governance Work in Practice?

Myanmar: Working with Incentives and Identifying Common Ground to Produce a Collaborative, Inclusive Fisheries Law

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The Rakhine Fisheries Law is a new benchmark for Myanmar both in terms of delivering equitable resource sharing and, crucially, as a replicable model for consultation and public participation in policy-making. This case demonstrates that despite decades of repressive state machinery, with the right process, government departments can embrace new ways of working and thinking.

Economic Effects of Infrastructure and Governance of Infrastructure

Event: Roundtable for Knowledge Partnerships with Local Academic Institutions: Stronger, Better, and Faster Practical Knowledge for Development

Economic Effects of Infrastructure and Governance of Infrastructure

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This presentation shares cases that demonstrate the economic effects of infrastructure and gives a snapshot of the governance of infrastructure. It also initiates discussion on how the knowledge and expertise of local academic institution can be tapped to craft knowledge solutions that can benefit the entire region. 

Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes

Event: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia

Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes

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This presentation features an energy distribution initiative introduced in Mousuni Island near India’s Kolkata City by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. It aims to integrate both traditional grid and micro grid systems with various renewable energy sources to create electricity that is efficient, low-cost, and environmentally friendly.

Employment Generation in Emerging Clean Energy Industries: How Can Women Break Through Traditional Barriers?

Event: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia

Employment Generation in Emerging Clean Energy Industries: How Can Women Break Through Traditional Barriers?

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South Asia’s rapid growth is met with an increasing crisis in energy demand. Strategic investments in human capital is needed to address this major challenge in energy security. The productive engagement of women in training and employment opportunities accelerates access to renewable energy sources that will sustain growth and development.

Nepal Tanahu Hydropower Project

Event: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia

Nepal Tanahu Hydropower Project

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This presentation focuses on gender-inclusive community development programs as one of the entry points for mainstreaming gender equality and social inclusion in project areas. The aim is to mitigate resettlement risks and environmental and social impacts. The Asian Development Bank’s Tanahu Hydropower Project in Nepal is featured as an example.

Demand Side Management in Low Income Households: Lessons from Sri Lanka

Event: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia

Demand Side Management in Low Income Households: Lessons from Sri Lanka

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Demand side management, while it matters, often fail in low income households due to their intriguing cash flow. Given the low interest shown by women in energy savings, this presentation shares the results of a campaign to reduce energy demand aimed at closing the gender divide.