This report highlights some of the most important challenges for small-scale hydropower development in Vietnam, based on case studies of six river basins in northern Vietnam. This study is the result of collaboration between the World Bank…
This Note analyzes the principal challenges in the power sector of the Kyrgyz Republic, including reliability and service quality, the financial health of power companies, ageing infrastructure, and demand gaps. It proposes a comprehensive…
Lighting Africa has released a video demonstrating how low-income households and small businesses in rural Kenya have switched from kerosene lamps to portable solar lanterns.
About 84 percent of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) population has no access to electricity, among the lowest in Sub-Saharan Africa. The few households and businesses with an electricity connection receive unreliable service.
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District heating plays a critical role in meeting basic heating needs in Ukraine, but the sector faces serious challenges that must be resolved to avoid collapse. A recent ESMAP report looks at heat metering and consumption-based billing…
While the interest of policy makers in the nexus between electrification, productive electricity usage and development impacts has been increasing steadily over the last decade, there still remains a lack of robust evidence on the…
