Modernizing Energy Services for the Poor : A World Bank Investment Review, Fiscal 2000-08
The term energy access has various connotations to energy development specialists. For this review, we define energy access as relating both to physical proximity to energy infrastructure and to the policies and frameworks supporting the transition...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/405151468339604567/Modernizing-energy-services-for-the-poor-a-World-Bank-investment-review-fiscal-2000-08 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27705 |
| Summary: | The term energy access has various
connotations to energy development specialists. For this
review, we define energy access as relating both to physical
proximity to energy infrastructure and to the policies and
frameworks supporting the transition to better, reliable,
and more efficient use of electricity and modern fuels. This
viewpoint frames energy access as a development process
sometimes referred to as the energy transition that starts
with reliance on low-quality energy sources (straw, dung,
candles) and finishes when high-quality energy sources, such
as commercial fuels or electricity, are available. Access to
these higher-quality energy sources allow for services
(lighting, communication, cooling, pumping), which are not
available at lower rungs of the energy ladder. This report
focuses on the World Bank's portfolio of energy
access-related projects approved during most of the past
decade (FY2000-08). The objectives of the review were to
compile an up-to-date data base on energy access-related
assistance commitments and review current trends and
patterns of energy access-related assistance. The authors
also wanted to examine to the greatest extent possible the
lessons that could be learned across regions, focusing on
policy and project design recommendations. Finally, it was
important to establish a solid methodology for measuring
energy access in order to provide a baseline for future
reviews of the investment portfolio. This study focuses on
the World Bank's role in energy access investments for
the period between fiscal years 2000 and 2008. Developing
and transition countries face huge investments in energy
access in order to meet their commitments to achieving the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). |
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