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Can mini grids be owned and/or operated by private companies?
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Are there specific risk-mitigation facilities (e.g., foreign exchange risk, first-loss guarantees) available to support mini grid developers?
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Are there specific debt financing facilities available to support mini grid developers?
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Are there publicly funded mechanisms to secure results-based viability gap funding for operators?
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Are there opportunities to develop mini grids through both top-down and bottom-up approaches? (Under a bottom-up approach, mini grid developers select their sites; under a top-down approach, the government selects the sites)
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Are there large-scale programs to train key stakeholders of the mini grid sector, for example: local technicians; mini grid developers/operators; microentrepreneurs who use electric appliances; electricity regulators; rural electrification agencies
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Are there duty exemptions for mini grid systems and/or individual components?