Solving ‘Social Market Failures’ with Social Enterprises? Grameen Shakti (Village Energy) in BangladeshFootnote^*

* The underlying research materials for this article can be accessed at the University of Adelaide thesis repository: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/83217

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