This report is part of an evaluation commissioned by the Policy and
Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Netherlands Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. It belongs to a series of impact evaluations of renewable
energy and development programmes supported by the Netherlands,
with a focus on the medium and long term effects of these programmes
on end-users or final beneficiaries. A characteristic of these studies is
the use of mixed methods, that is, quantitative research techniques in
combination with qualitative techniques. The purpose of the impact
evaluations is to account for assistance provided and to draw policy
lessons. The results of these evaluations will serve as inputs to a policy
evaluation of the “Promoting Renewable Energy Programme” (PREP) to
be concluded in 2014.