• Research or Advisory Service Provider

Energy Sector Management Assistance Program

ESMAP is a partnership between the World Bank and 19 partners to help low and middle-income countries reduce poverty and boost growth through sustainable energy solutions.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Investment Instruments

    • Grant

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Green and Renewable Energy

  • Services

    • Conduct research on the sector to disseminate publicly (such as an entrepreneurship research report)
    • Invest or provide direct financial support to SGBs or entrepreneurs
    • Provide financial support to entrepreneur-support intermediaries

  • Nonfinancial Services

    • Capacity development services
    • Market linkages
    • Investment linkages

  • Capacity development services

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Performance or impact measurement and management support
    • Talent development/HR (including leadership)
    • Operations and technology development or adoption

  • Market linkages services

    • Access to new markets/customers
    • Access to infrastructure
    • Access to materials

  • Investment linkages services

    • Access to information/research
    • Access to investors

  • Focus Tech

    • Some of my programming is exclusive to tech-enabled businesses

  • Focus Population

    • Base of the pyramid population
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