The guide highlights the ground-level regulatory and policy questions that must be answered by electricity regulators, rural energy agencies, and ministries to promote commercially sustainable investments by private operators and community organizations. Among the practical questions addressed is how to design and implement retail tariffs, quality of service standards, feed-in tariffs, and backup tariffs. The guide also analyzes the regulatory implementation issues triggered by donor grants and so-called top-up payments.

Mini Grids and the Arrival of the Main Grid: Lessons from Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia

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The report is the most comprehensive study on mini grids to date. It takes stock of the global mini grid market and industry; analyzes in detail the solar-hybrid mini grid costs and technological innovations; shows the importance of introducing income-generating machinery and micro-finance early in the planning process; and provides policy makers, investors and developers with insights on how mini grids can be scaled up.

With regards to new content, 2018 saw the full launch of the Small-and-Medium Enterprises(SMEs) and PPPs page, which showcases legal frameworks, procurement criteria, contractual obligations, local content rules and promotion of SMEs by larger investors. 2018 also saw the release of a new Legal Issues in Pro-Poor PPPs section, which includes a discussion of different mechanisms to ensure that PPPs serve the poor, such as subsidies, pro-poor connection policies, output-based aid, innovations in billing and collecting, and ways to bring in community involvement.

Bidding document contains low carbon incentives: Bidders are e.g. required to submit an environmental and social program which shall inter alia include the bidder’s  approach to the increase of the airport’s use and production of renewable energy and can earn extra points during evaluation in this regard.

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) – Resilience: Policy and Guidance

This document introduces the PPP legal and institutional framework of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The areas of law covered include Litigation (Preliminaries, Before Commencing Proceedings, Commencing Proceedings, Defending a Claim, Joinder and Consolidation, Duties and Powers of the Courts, Disclosure, Evidence, Judgments and Orders, Settlement) and Alternative Dispute Resolution (General principles and Institutions).

The National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) is the public body responsible for the control and regulation of the telecommunications sector.

Konza City will be developed in four phases over 20 years on a 5,000-acre greenfield site located 60 km south of Nairobi. The new city has been designed as a technology hub with multi-use office space and city amenities to meet demand in Kenya and in East Africa. The project is expected to mobilize at least $500 million in private investment and generate 15,000 jobs in the first five years and serve as a catalyst for the full development of a 35,000-person city on a private basis over 20 years.