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Bangladesh has the world's fastest growing, off-grid solar home system (SHS) coverage. In the past decade, the number of SHS installations has risen phenomenally--from a five-year target of 50,000 in 2003 to 50,000 a month in 2013, with support from the World Bank and other development partners. Even so, only 10 percent of off-grid households have been reached, suggesting ample room for continued expansion. Given the recent surge in SHS adoption, a key policy issue is whether the partial subsidy provided under the current program, implemented by the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (

Rural development -- Bangladesh. --- Rural electrification -- Bangladesh. --- Solar energy -- Economic aspects -- Bangladesh. --- Solar energy. --- Solar energy --- Rural electrification --- Rural development --- Economic development --- Business & Economics --- Industries --- Economic aspects --- Solar power --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Force and energy --- Renewable energy sources --- Solar radiation --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Electrification --- Electricity in agriculture --- Remote area power supply systems --- Rural public utilities