ESMAP’s Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE; ESMAP 2020a) capture the status of national policy and regulatory frameworks for sustainable energy, assessing support for access to electricity, access to clean cooking fuels and technologies, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. This Live Wire analyzes data from the 2020 edition of RISE and presents the trends in policy on access to clean cooking and electricity, with a focus on Sub Saharan Africa and the countries within the region affected by fragility, conflict, and violence. The imbalance in policy effort on the two forms of access is explored.
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This Live Wire analyzes data from the 2020 edition of the Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) and presents the trends in policy on access to clean cooking and electricity, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and the countries within the region affected by fragility, conflict, and violence. It explores the imbalance in policy effort on the two forms of access.
LIVEWIRE | Access to Clean Cooking and Electricity: Righting the Policy Balance in Sub-Saharan Africa and Fragile Settings