The Community-Led Sustainable Forest Management Program has increased the incomes of rural women in Senegal, who can now produce and use bio-gas, and bring clean-burning cook stoves into their homes, improving their health and quality of…
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…
China has set an ambitious target of reducing carbon intensity by at least 40 percent from the 2005 level by 2020. The city of Shenzhen, long a symbol of China’s economic boom, is now at the leading edge of this national effort, with the…
Two decades after the liberalization of India's economy and a decade after the passage of the Electricity Act of 2003, what is the state of India's power sector? A new ESMAP-supported report assesses progress in implementing the…
With demand for energy in the Western Balkans expected to increase by as much as 70% in the coming two decades, policymakers are faced with the daunting challenge of meeting this demand in an affordable and sustainable manner. The World…
