Rural Energy and Development: Improving Energy Supply for Two Billion People (WB, 1996, 132 p.): Chapter seven - The role of the world bank group: Policies and operations since the 1970s

Rural Energy and Development: Improving Energy Supply for Two Billion People (WB, 1996, 132 p.)

Chapter seven - The role of the world bank group

		(introduction...)
		Policies and operations since the 1970s
		Rural electrification
		The sustainable in a production and use of wood-fuels
		Renewable energy
		Project innovations and advisory services
		The way forward: a renewed commitment by the world bank group
		Broadening the scope of energy sector reform
		Investments
		Opportunities for partnerships

Policies and operations since the 1970s

The Bank's work on rural energy since the early 1970s has focused on three areas: (a) rural electrification: (b) the supply and use of biofuels; and (c! some pilot operations in renewable energy. Much of this support has been delivered through technical assistance for new types of projects and policies, much of it sponsored by the Joint World Bank/United Nations Development Programme Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) its precursor, the Energy Assessment Programme: the Asia Alternative Energy Unit's (ASTAE's) program; and the Africa Review of Policies in the Traditional Energy Sector (RPTES). The annex provides a listing of projects table 7.1 provides some examples.

Table 7.1 Bank Projects and Programs That Have Increased Rural Energy Access