RISE - Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy : A Tool for Policy Makers

Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy (RISE) is a suite of indicators that assesses the legal and regulatory environment for investment in sustainable energy. It establishes a framework for better depicting the national enabling environme...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20426324/readiness-investment-sustainable-energy-rise-tool-policy-makers
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spelling okr-10986-205982021-04-23T14:03:59Z RISE - Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy : A Tool for Policy Makers World Bank Group sustainable energy energy access renewable energy energy efficiency investment climate RISE Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy (RISE) is a suite of indicators that assesses the legal and regulatory environment for investment in sustainable energy. It establishes a framework for better depicting the national enabling environment to attract investment into sustainable energy. In this way, RISE supports the achievement of the objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4ALL): ensure universal access to modern energy services, double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, and double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030. Reaching the SE4ALL goals will require an almost tripling of historical annual investment flows in these areas to about $1 trillion, such that countries will need to embrace an enabling environment that attracts all forms of investment public and private. This report presents the methodology and results of a pilot phase of RISE involving 17 developed and developing countries, as well as an in-depth case study on Kenya. The pilot is supported by data collected between December 2013 and June 2014. The pilot countries, representing varying status in data availability and data quality are: Armenia, Chile, Denmark, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Kenya, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mongolia, Nepal, the Solomon Islands, Tanzania, the United States, Vanuatu, and the Republic of Yemen. An in-depth exercise was carried out in Kenya to understand better progress in creating an enabling environment. This pilot report will be the starting point for launching the global rollout. It allows for a validation of the methodology, and for lessons learned from developing and implementing the suite of indicators across these countries. Most important, it will remain a baseline consultation document for the global rollout-expected in 2015 and to cover about 100 countries-helping refine the methodology and interpretation or results. 2014-12-02T17:54:52Z 2014-12-02T17:54:52Z 2014 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20426324/readiness-investment-sustainable-energy-rise-tool-policy-makers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20598 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Armenia Chile Denmark Ethiopia Honduras India Kenya Liberia Maldives Mali Mongolia Nepal Solomon Islands Tanzania UNITED STATES Vanuatu Yemen, Republic of
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topic sustainable energy
energy access
renewable energy
energy efficiency
investment climate
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energy access
renewable energy
energy efficiency
investment climate
RISE
World Bank Group
RISE - Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy : A Tool for Policy Makers
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Nepal
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Tanzania
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Vanuatu
Yemen, Republic of
description Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy (RISE) is a suite of indicators that assesses the legal and regulatory environment for investment in sustainable energy. It establishes a framework for better depicting the national enabling environment to attract investment into sustainable energy. In this way, RISE supports the achievement of the objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4ALL): ensure universal access to modern energy services, double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, and double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030. Reaching the SE4ALL goals will require an almost tripling of historical annual investment flows in these areas to about $1 trillion, such that countries will need to embrace an enabling environment that attracts all forms of investment public and private. This report presents the methodology and results of a pilot phase of RISE involving 17 developed and developing countries, as well as an in-depth case study on Kenya. The pilot is supported by data collected between December 2013 and June 2014. The pilot countries, representing varying status in data availability and data quality are: Armenia, Chile, Denmark, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Kenya, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mongolia, Nepal, the Solomon Islands, Tanzania, the United States, Vanuatu, and the Republic of Yemen. An in-depth exercise was carried out in Kenya to understand better progress in creating an enabling environment. This pilot report will be the starting point for launching the global rollout. It allows for a validation of the methodology, and for lessons learned from developing and implementing the suite of indicators across these countries. Most important, it will remain a baseline consultation document for the global rollout-expected in 2015 and to cover about 100 countries-helping refine the methodology and interpretation or results.
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title RISE - Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy : A Tool for Policy Makers
title_short RISE - Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy : A Tool for Policy Makers
title_full RISE - Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy : A Tool for Policy Makers
title_fullStr RISE - Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy : A Tool for Policy Makers
title_full_unstemmed RISE - Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy : A Tool for Policy Makers
title_sort rise - readiness for investment in sustainable energy : a tool for policy makers
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20426324/readiness-investment-sustainable-energy-rise-tool-policy-makers
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