Bangladesh with specific focus on pollution and energy efficiency; (ii) to estimate the private and social benefits of these …

In declaring 2012 the international year of sustainable energy for all, the United Nations (UN) general assembly (2011 … goals are to ensure universal access to modern energy services (including electricity and clean, modern cooking solutions …), to double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency, and to double the share of renewable energy in the global …

Renewable energy and energy efficiency projects continue to perform strongly in the World Bank Group (WBG) energy … portfolio and are increasingly being mainstreamed in the WBG's energy lending. In fiscal 2007 a total of US$1,433 million … supported 63 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in 32 countries. In addition to operational activities, the WBG …

poor in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. With increasing populations, 25 years from now, business-as-usual energy …The challenge for the development community is to exploit the links between energy and poverty to combat global poverty … percent of total energy, while the poorest 20 percent consume less than 4 percent. The majority of those underserved are the …

competitiveness, Ukraine will need to address a combination of challenges. Improving the energy efficiency of the economy and thereby … reducing its vulnerability to further import price shocks, as well as modernizing the energy sector to make it more efficient …, are among those challenges. The Energy Strategy of Ukraine for the Period until 2030, adopted in 2006, provides a platform …