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Lesson Learned

MCC should significantly invest in its request for information (RFI) and pre-feasibility study processes to better understand the market before investing in grants via a facility as such actions would lead to a more focused portfolio of grantees with higher capacity.

MCC should significantly invest in its request for information (RFI) and pre-feasibility study processes to better understand the market before investing in grants via a facility as such actions would lead to a more focused portfolio of grantees with higher capacity. The off-grid renewable energy portfolio included at least 26 grants with varying levels of implementation readiness and financial viability. The evaluation noted that some of the grants that were assessed did not consider the local market conditions in the intervention areas, resulting in implementation failures.