The objective of this study is to assess the competitiveness of five selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries—Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia—to attract private sector investments in the Concentrated Solar Power (…
While electric-powered groundwater irrigation is quite prevalent in the world, a specific confluence of historical, policy and political factors has trapped many Indian states in a vicious spiral of declining groundwater levels, stagnant…
The world is heading in the right direction to achieve universal access to sustainable energy by 2030 but must move faster, says a new report that tracks the progress of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative.
The reports published under this series are part of a program of work on social and gender aspects of the development and promotion of clean stoves. Grounded in extensive research in Indonesia, the series consists of practical documents…
In 2009, the World Bank established the Africa Renewable Energy and Access program (AFREA) to focus on the special needs of the energy sector in Africa, where limited access to modern energy constrains development and the opportunity…
Nearly 3 billion people in the developing world continue to rely on solid fuel for their cooking needs with serious impacts on economic development, human health, and the environment. The WHO estimates that exposure to household air…
