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This report is part of a set of three policy studies which builds extensively upon prior work undertaken for the Policy study on Regional Mapping of Options to Promote Private Investments in Alternative Energy Sources for the Poor. The other two policy studies consist of Overcoming Vulnerability to Rising Oil Prices: Options for Asia and the Pacific and Cross-Border Energy Trade and its Impacts on the Poor. The original study is the result of almost two years of evidence-based research and extensive consultations with experts to review the state of renewable energy options and to ensure that they can contribute to the sustainable economic growth, energy security, and poverty reduction goals of the Asia-Pacific countries.