Afghanistan Renewable Energy Development Issues and Options
Afghanistan is facing many economic and political challenges as it deals with spreading insurgency, declining economic growth, and continuing poverty. The government is working on a number of fronts to stimulate economic activity through its own in...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/352991530527393098/Afghanistan-renewable-energy-development-issues-and-options http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30270 |
| Summary: | Afghanistan is facing many economic and
political challenges as it deals with spreading insurgency,
declining economic growth, and continuing poverty. The
government is working on a number of fronts to stimulate
economic activity through its own initiatives and in
partnership with International Development Organizations but
will continue to be challenged in the near and medium term
as a growing population seeks jobs and business
opportunities. One of the initiatives that the Government of
Afghanistan (GoA) has identified is to capitalize on its
wealth of Renewable Energy (RE) resources with a view to
both increasing the delivery of electricity services to the
population and developing domestic business opportunities
both directly linked to RE technology and linked to improved
access to reasonably priced electricity. The objective of
this paper is to review the potential viability of RE as
part of the country’s electricity supply plan, and at the
same time to identify issues that might hinder or even
derail the process. |
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