The Asia Region is unique in terms of water resources and hydropower development. It has some of the world’s largest number of dams and hydro power plants, as well as many thousands of small-scale hydro and irrigation schemes in rural…
<p>The World Bank Group is assisting the growing hydropower sectors in Asia & the Pacific. The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Conditions of Contract are being increasingly used by the hydropower…
Since 2010, the World Bank Group’s Lighting Africa program has comprehensively analyzed and documented the rapid evolution of the off-grid solar devices and services market. The 2010 and 2012 market trends reports become touchstones for…
South Asia has nearly 400 million people without access to electricity and 1.1 billion people who lack access to clean cooking. With funding from ESMAP and ASTAE, the Umbrella Initiative for Sustainable Energy Access in South Asia focused…
February 22 2016
Issue | January - February 2016
Charcoal production, a predominantly male activity, is being reformed in Senegal's Kaffrine region to reduce the negative impacts on the environment and include women on all levels of the value chain. Empowered by the Second Sustainable…
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The nternational Conference on Energy Efficiency in Cities (CIEEC) was held in Puebla, Mexico on February 17 and 18, 2016. The event took place within the 2016 Latin American edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress.…
