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b'Developing countries in Asia can leapfrog old fossil-fuel energy systems and promote the use of environment-friendly solar-power systems as their growing economies need more and more energy. \\n\\nBy 2050, 85% of the world\\u2019s estimated 9.7 billion people will live in emerging countries, and about 70% will live in cities, according to a United Nations report. Growing populations will lead to soaring energy demands in the mega-cities that will continue to sprawl.\\n\\nSmall-scale solar systems would be better for developing countries than big solar farms since they have less of an environmental impact and are more suited to the dense urban environments where the power is needed. \\n\\nRead the transcript\\nhttps://bit.ly/2JeCvj9\\n\\nRead the working paper\\nhttps://www.adb.org/publications/financing-solar-photovoltaic-transitions-utility-residential-market-adoption\\n\\nAbout the authors\\nRanaporn Tantiwechwuttikul is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences of the University of Tokyo.\\nMasaru Yarime is an associate professor at the School of Energy and Environment of the City University of Hong Kong.\\n\\nKnow more about ADBI\\u2019s work\\nhttps://bit.ly/2yuMoFc\\nhttps://bit.ly/2q8018u'