{"id":14233,"date":"2019-06-05T08:18:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T12:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/sponsored-project\/business-opportunity-assessment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:47:36","slug":"business-opportunity-assessment","status":"publish","type":"sponsored-project","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/sponsored-project\/business-opportunity-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Opportunity Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Project:<\/strong> AES Eletropaulo developed an Electrical Connections Regularization (ECR) program in the low-income community of Parais\u00f3polis in S\u00e3o Paulo. The program benefited some 70,000 people who live in the second largest shanty town in S\u00e3o Paulo. As is common in most shanty towns, residents of Parais\u00f3polis lacked regular and safe electricity services. The company was seeking to refocus all the activities involved in the Parais\u00f3polis program around a more holistic, bottom-up approach involving the community. 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