SIGMA Working Package 1

In-depth literature review and development of analytical frameworks on the political economy of decentralised electricity and sustainability framework for mini-grids. The team in this working package will undertake an in-depth literature review and textual analysis of peer reviewed and grey literature, including national legislation and policy documents, to understand the background context, business environment, nature of tariff setting, business performance and governance.

Working group participants:
University of Sussex (including IDS) leads these task and involves DMU and the country teams. The main outputs of this working package will be
a) a critical evaluation of available literature (D1, 9th month);
b) DEA framework for sustainability analysis of mini-grids (D2, 12th month);
c) Political economy framework (D3, 15th month).