Projects
A foundation of multi-stakeholder collaboration, local partnership, and opportunity for impact drives the Energy Access Project’s research and engagement strategy.
Find information on all of our projects below. Find information about the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI) here.
The Energy Access Project is focused on developing solutions in the electricity space, especially rural areas where most of the world’s 1.1 billion people lacking access to electricity live.
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Electricity service quality is a major challenge in developing countries, undermining both utility performance and consumer welfare. New evidence from the study of a large-scale infrastructure intervention in Karachi, Pakistan, shows that replacing easily tapped wires with anti-theft cables can significantly reduce illegal connections and improve the reliability of power supply.
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Check out this article from The Conversation on solar power in Malawi and its impact on households.
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On October 14, 2025, an in-person roundtable discussion in Washington D.C. unpacked the power reliability challenge in low- and middle-income countries and pressure-tested ideas from the newly released working paper Incentivizing Reliability: A Framework for Performance-Linked Electricity Improvements. Click here to learn more about our work in this area.
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Thomas Klug discusses the evidence surrounding prepaid electricity meter rollout in Africa.
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