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PUBLISHEDMarch 1 2011
AUTHOR(S)World Bank, ASTAE
VIETNAM: State and People, Central and Local, Working Together: The Rural Electrification Experience

This book chronicles the development of Vietnam’s rural electrification program. It tells the story of how the Vietnamese government conceived, developed, scaled up, and improved its program. It also discusses the roles the government, the country’s main utility, local authorities, local communities, and the country’s international development partners played in the pursuit of the electrification agenda. Also watch the companion video, The Last Mile.

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World Bank and ASTAE. 2011. Vietnam: State and People, Central and Local, Working Together -- The Rural Electrification Experience. World Bank, Washington, DC. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/27315

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