This report considers whether and how to use results-based aid (RBA) to support development objectives in the energy sector. It was commissioned by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) as part of a broader…
Mining companies can play a key role in harnessing Africaâs abundant clean sources of energy to overcome the lack of electricity which affects at least one in three Africans, according to a new ESMAP-supported World Bank report.
Improving communications has translated into households in Belarus finding a new set of columns on the heat bills they receive from their utility companies each month.
Seeking global insights to help solve Kenya's energy challenge, Kenyaâs Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, together with the World Bank, organized a National Electrification Workshop in September 2014. The workshop was supported by ESMAP…
A new geothermal law is expected to remove obstacles to investment in geothermal development in Indonesia. The law follows a ministerial regulation on geothermal pricing and policy that was the result of many months of work between…
The Kenyan government is committed to reform its energy programs, with a target of 70 percent electrification by 2016 and 100 percent access by 2020 -- which translates into one million new connections every year for the next six years.…
