Energy Safety Nets: Using Social Assistance Mechanisms to close Affordability Gaps
Energy safety nets (ESNs) are government-led approaches to help the very poor and vulnerable to access essential modern energy services. They close the affordability gap between market prices and what poor consumers can pay for both connections and service delivery, ensuring that poor households and social groups are not left behind in efforts to achieve the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To address this,
ODI,
CAFOD and
SE4All have developed research to inform best practices at the intersection of energy policy and social assistance in protecting very poor, vulnerable and marginalised people. This report by
SE4All and the accompanying country case studies and policy-makers' guide, distil critical lessons from Kenya, Ghana, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia and India, to identify innovative solutions.
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