Practical Action Consulting
Independent and professional consulting in the use of technology for poverty reduction
Practical Action Consulting
Moving Energy Initiative: to improve sustainable energy access for displaced populations
Practical Action Consulting
New research published : Utilising Electricity Access for Poverty Reduction
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Moving Energy Initiative
Practical Action Consulting is working on the Moving Energy Initiative (MEI), an innovative project that seeks to meet the energy needs of displaced people in a safe, sustainable manner, developing solutions for heating/cooling, cooking, lighting, electrification and water and sanitation.
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Learning to fail
Often we celebrate success and seldom talk about failures. In a modern work-space it is difficult to imagine an environment where we confidently and openly talk about failures. In evaluation meetings we focus our energies on ‘best practices’ but less on ‘lessons learnt’. For me, success and failu...
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Beyond the jargon - why I’m participating in the UNLEASH Innovation Lab
Here are some phrases many of us in the international development sector hate: innovative ideas, scale and scalability, accelerating impact, disrupting ‘business as usual’. These words have been so over-used that they’ve lost all meaning, and yet they continue to be plastered (mostly inappropriat...
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Meeting rural electricity needs in Malawi
An expanding geographic area of work for Practical Action is in Malawi's agriculture and energy sectors.
Malawi has an agro-based economy, with the agriculture sector contributing 30% to the national GDP annually. Increasing challenges from the changing climate and the demand to feed a fast g...
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Talking shit at FSM4 Conference - Feedback on our sanitation work in Bangladesh
Talking about shit for a week in India — a fascinating context to present our sanitation work! India, a country that has undertaken a huge and ambitious national scale clean-up campaign (Swachh Bharat/Clean India Mission), hosted the 4th Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) Conference ...
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