In Tanzania, the World Bank worked with the Rural Energy Agency to conduct an internal assessment of organizational structure and policies, to help ensure that women were getting equal access to energy services and programs.
An ESMAP-supported program is working with governments in six African countries to incorporate gender issues into energy sector development. Currently active in Senegal, Mali, Benin, Tanzania, Kenya, and Zambia, the AFREA…
ESMAP organized a South-South Knowledge Exchange on 19-23 May, 2014, in Nairobi, Kenya, attended by experts from Brazil, Colombia, South Africa and Kenya.
A knowledge exchange event involving a number of emerging economies was organized by ESMAP in Istanbul on April 25, 2014 to address this issue. The event brought together participants from Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia,…
The Mexican government is rolling out a national municipal energy efficiency program with the help of the World Bank. As a first step, SENER, Mexico's Ministry of Energy, is launching diagnostics of energy use in 30 Mexican cities based on…
The Community-Led Sustainable Forest Management Program has increased the incomes of rural women in Senegal, who can now produce and use bio-gas, and bring clean-burning cook stoves into their homes, improving their health and quality of…
