An Indonesian government program to promote safer cooking practices could prevent 165,000 premature deaths from cookstove pollution every year, according to an ASTAE report. The report, Indonesia: Toward Universal Access to Clean…
Model for Electricity Technology Assessment Tool
The Model for Electricity Technology Assessment (META) facilitares the comparative assessment of the economic costs of more…
Rural Africa suffers from a chronic and widespread lack of power. One widely cited estimate is that outside of South Africa, only 14 percent of rural households in the region have access to electricity.
A new ESMAP-supported report: From…
In Tanzania, the World Bank worked with the Rural Energy Agency to conduct an internal assessment of organizational structure and policies, to help ensure that women were getting equal access to energy services and programs.
An ESMAP-supported program is working with governments in six African countries to incorporate gender issues into energy sector development. Currently active in Senegal, Mali, Benin, Tanzania, Kenya, and Zambia, the AFREA Gender and…
August 5 2014
Issue | September - October 2014
Myanmar is working to develop and implement a National Electrification Plan; gender and energy training helps create opportunities for local entrepreneurs in Africa; Indonesia moves towards universal access to clean cooking practices; and…
