This feeling of ownership has also been the reason for the project's success in Nepal - although there mini-grids are employed to supply power to remote communities.

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Derided by some as music rental, subscriptions are praised by disciples for bestowing a feeling of colossal ownership.

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The local feeling is very strongly anti any change in ownership or management, on the basis of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

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