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Achieving scale in clean cooking solutions

Lucy Stevens, Practical Action

18 April 2023

Global lack of energy access

18 April 2023

Problem of energy access Technologies don’t meet needs? Poor people can’t pay? Poor people aren’t aware? Private sector interest, but will it

deliver for those currently without?

Envirofit Anagi stoves

Participatory market systems development

Energy Market Systems: generic market map

INPUTS

LEVEL 2 – INPUTS, SERVICES and FINANCE

SERVICES

Inputs •Physical materials and objects that are required by each market chain actor, such as labour and technical equipment.Services•The services that are provided to each of the market chain actors such as training and data collection.Finance •Financial services provided to companies and end users (e.g. loans, equity, microloans).

FINANCE

LEVEL 3 - ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FACTORS

POLITICAL AND REGULATORY FACTORS

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS

FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS

Political and Regulatory Factors•National rural electrification policies; quality control standards; fiscal regulations (e.g. VAT); permits and licenses.

Social and Cultural Factors•Lack of awareness; social norms (e.g. cooking practices); understanding of technology performance; informal community ownership.Financial and Economic Factors •End user income levels and ability to pay; formality of payment systems.

Rwanda cookstoves workshop

Preliminary mapping Support marginalised

actors Identify and ‘hook’

powerful actors Participatory market

mapping workshop– Participatory market analysis– Joint action planning– Workshop wrap-up

Biomass Stoves Market System

Model

Wider challenges

Not just having products, but using them

Other ways to reduce smoke in the kitchen

Political prioritisation?

Rocket science?

Market sytems Improved

relationships Roles for all players

Thank you

lucy.stevens@practicalaction.org.ukpolicy.practicalaction.org

Lucy Stevens| 18 April 2023