Among the first results of the INFORSE South Asia Cooperation Project on Sustainable Energy (March 2005 - January 2008), was that the partners in Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, and Bangladesh were analysing the situation of sustainable energy for poverty reduction, as well as the energy situation in general of the countries.

These National Energy Situation Survey Reports with Focus on Renewable Energy & Poverty Reduction dated from 2005-06 are available online:

• Nepal report by CRT, Nepal (18 pp., 673 kB word doc)
• Sri Lanka report by IDEA, Sri Lanka (11 pp., 591 kB word doc)
• Bangladesh report by Grameen Shakti (7 pp., 193 kB pdf)
• India report by INSEDA, India / INFORSE South Asia (74 pp. 1 MB pdf)