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.
A knowledge exchange event involving a number of emerging economies was organized by ESMAP in Istanbul on April 25, 2014 to address this issue. The event brought together participants from Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia,…
ESMAP organized a South-South Knowledge Exchange on 19-23 May, 2014, in Nairobi, Kenya, attended by experts from Brazil, Colombia, South Africa and Kenya.
A World Bank-supported program in Senegal has helped households diversify their fuels needs away from wood. As a result, deforestation has seen a tangible drop, with over 23,000 hectares protected. With the support of ESMAP’s Africa…
The Mexican government is rolling out a national municipal energy efficiency program with the help of the World Bank. As a first step, SENER, Mexico's Ministry of Energy, is launching diagnostics of energy use in 30 Mexican cities based on…
From 1980 to 2010, while Chinaâs economy increased 18-fold, energy consumption increased only 5-fold. Energy intensity per unit of GDP declined by about 70 percent. An ESMAP-supported knowledge exchange in Beijing brought Asian countries…
