Rio de Janeiro is using the ESMAP-developed Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy (TRACE) to help make next year’s FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics the most energy efficient ever.

New ESMAP-supported program to help countries achieve universal energy access with end goal of catalyzing access to electricity and modern cooking fuels for 200 million people by 2030.

This issue discusses the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework, as well as ESMAP's support to Mauritius' and the Seychelles' energy sectors, and small businesses in Peru; and its most recent RBA report and a new series of "impact" stories.

Mauritius and the Seychelles sign technical assistance agreements under the SIDS DOCK support program.

The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program marks its 30th anniversary this year. In that time, ESMAP has moved from being a small program focused on giving targeted advice to oil-importing countries to one of the World Bank Group’s most established trust funded global programs, mandated with helping developing countries find solutions to a wide range of energy challenges.

For the past two years, an ESMAP-supported technical assistance program has provide strategic advice to the Philippines on integrating renewable energy resources into national grids and expanding electricity access to underserved populations.

The gender dimension of access to services and benefits is increasingly being recognized as an important element to be considered in effective energy sector policy making and project design. ESMAP has recently produced a Briefing Note and a series of online resources and guidance tools to help policy-makers integrate gender equity considerations into energy sector programs.

This issue celebrates ESMAP's 30th anniversary and highlights ESMAP's Global Geothermal Development Plan; rural electrification in the Philippines; gender in energy resources; and its 2012 Annual Report.

This issue highlights ESMAP's newest technology assessment tool and activity database, and work in extending energy access in Rwanda.

How to make decisions when the number of variables is growing rapidly and longstanding assumptions are being overturned?

This issue highlights ESMAP's work on small island development, geothermal development, and clean cooking solutions.

An ESMAP-funded project set out in 2010 to support the Maldives in its goal to move towards carbon neutrality by helping to develop a robust regulatory body for the energy sector.

New ESMAP report distils lessons from low carbon growth studies in seven major emerging economies.