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The main priority for the Democratic Republic of Congo's power sector is to increase access to electricity. The … Democratic Republic of Congo is a large country with 10 million households of which 1.6 million have access to electricity. This … makes it the third largest population in the world without access to electricity. The report explores the current state of …
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This study was undertaken by the World Bank to inform the potential areas and means ofassistance to the Government of Uzbekistan in scaling up energy efficiency (EE) investmentsin residential, commercial, and public buildings, focusing on energy use and efficiency inspace heating. Considering...
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This report examines the system of residential electricity subsidies in Pakistan, and explores how it can be improved … nature, drawing on specially commissioned analysis of survey and administrative data on household electricity consumption, as … electricity subsidies in Pakistan and the pricing mechanism, takes stock of international experience on energy subsidy reforms …
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The most cost-effective way to reduce both particulate and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is to couple switching from noncompliant solid fuel boilers to gas boilers, heat pumps, renewable energy (RE) heating systems such as biomass, wherever possible, and compliant solid fuel boilers, as...
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Kyrgyz Republic, especially for low income households: electricity supply is increasingly constrained during winter months as …
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The recent advances in battery technology and reductions in battery costs have brought battery energy storage systems (BESS) to the point of becoming increasingly cost-effective projects to serve a range of power sector interventions, especially when combined with PV and where diesel is the...
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perspectives that can serve as beneficial for the MENA countries. The report focuses primarily on the three most electricity … intense end use sectors: the industry, services, and residential sectors. For many countries in the MENA region, electricity …
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Cote d'Ivoire is at a crossroads. Despite good progress over the last decade, recent global economic and health shocks have aggravated existing problems including lack of fiscal space, limited access to concessional and cheap financing, and a fragile political neighborhood. But Cote d'Ivoire now...
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and inclusive growth include: i) improving business regulation; ii) promoting access to digital, electricity, and …
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In the context of weakening global demand, growth in the Western Balkans decelerated over the course of 2022 and into 2023. Against the background of the lasting effects of shocks from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, sticky inflation, and tighter financial conditions, global demand has been...
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