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The focus of this report is on expanding access to modern energy services at the household level. This is but one aspect of overcoming energy poverty. Read More

This analysis explores the technical potential of photovoltaics (PV) or concentrating solar power (CSP) to address energy poverty in Africa through a geographic information system (GIS) screening of solar resource data developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s...Read More

As energy is the source of all life, so modern energy can be the source for a better life for all. This report, a special early excerpt of World Energy Outlook 2011, tackles a critical issue of financing the delivery of universal modern energy access. Read More

This chapter analyses the relationship between energy use and poverty in developing countries. It describes current patterns of energy use, including rates of electrification. A unique, country-by-country database was especially prepared for this study. This chapte...Read More

This publications draws attention to a serious neglected public health problem. Effective solutions exist and the economic case for taking practical solutions to scale is just as strong as the humanitarian case. Making cleaner fuels and improved stoves available to...Read More

What you need to know about the 1.4 billion people living without electricity — and how you can help light up their future. Read More

This policy paper aims at assessing and reviewing the existing renewable energy policies in the rural areas of the ESCWA Region as well as providing policy recommendations both at national level and regional cooperation level. Read More

This report was commissioned to begin bridging this gap, especially for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and sub-Saharan Africa, where energy access is especially constrained. In addition to compiling statistics from countries on access to electricity and modern...Read More

Although energy subsidies have the potential to generate short-term benefits, they have been criticized for leading to unintended adverse consequences by impeding market functions, limiting investment in clean energy sources and undermining efforts to deal with climate...Read More

Presented in the Arab Energy Forum in Doha, Qatar 13th of May 2010. Read More