PASIDA Think Tank
Evidence for decisions that matter.
Original, independent research produced under the PASIDA name — technical reports, policy briefs, working papers, datasets and applied research projects. Independent research is kept editorially separate from commissioned Advisory work.
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Research priorities
Three systems, held together.
Technical and implementation perspectives are kept in the same frame as policy questions.
Energy systems
Renewable generation, grid integration, energy access, efficiency, regulation and market design.
Water security
WASH planning, integrated water resources management, governance, cross-border cooperation and infrastructure finance.
Climate resilience
Risk modelling, vulnerability assessment, adaptation, mitigation, NDC implementation, climate finance and diplomacy.
Policy Brief · Energy · West Africa
Licensing at speed: mini-grid regulation in West Africa
How tariff-setting and concession design determine whether mini-grid programmes reach financial close — and what regulators can change first.
Policy Brief · Water · West Africa
Shared water, separate mandates: basin institutions under stress
A review of how basin authorities coordinate allocation decisions when member states face divergent hydrological pressure.
Report · Climate · Southern Africa
Downscaled climate risk for secondary African cities
Heat and flood exposure modelling for fast-growing secondary cities, with an adaptation prioritisation method for municipalities.
Working Paper · Climate · North Africa
From pledge to pipeline: financing NDC implementation
Why NDC targets stall between ministry commitment and investable project pipelines, and which institutional fixes move fastest.
Report · Water · East Africa
Paying for WASH: municipal finance and service reliability
An examination of how utility creditworthiness and O&M budgeting determine whether WASH infrastructure keeps working.
Report · Energy · Southern Africa
Just transition planning in coal-dependent regions
Labour, revenue and land considerations in regional transition plans, with a sequencing framework for provincial authorities.
Policy Brief · Energy · West Africa
Grid codes for storage: what African system operators need next
Interconnection and ancillary-service rules required before storage can stabilise high-VRE systems.
Research Project · Climate · Southern Africa · Active
Delta futures: coastal resilience in Lusophone Africa
An active PASIDA research project combining flood modelling with nature-based adaptation costing in delta communities.
Dataset & Tool · Energy · Africa-wide
Energy access planning dataset (sample)
A structured, openly licensed sample dataset of settlement-level electrification planning attributes.
Working Paper · Water · North Africa
Irrigation efficiency and the rebound problem
Efficiency investments can increase basin-level water consumption. This paper sets out where and why.
Research Project · Innovation · East Africa · Active
Clean cooking transitions: adoption beyond the first stove
Panel research on sustained clean cooking use after initial adoption, and the finance models that support it.
Policy Brief · Policy & Governance · Africa-wide
Regulatory capacity as climate infrastructure
The case for treating regulator staffing and analytical capacity as core climate infrastructure spending.