This report documents the proceedings of a scoping study conducted by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the World Bank on the needs and options for a Financing and Policy Network for Scaling-Up Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries. At the Bonn...

The rapid and large oil price rise experienced during 2004 has created widespread concern about its impact on low income countries and on poor households in many countries. To appreciate the magnitude of this impact and to formulate policies to ameliorate these effects, a number of questions...

The Oil, Gas, Mining and Chemicals Department, and the World Bank/UNDP Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) hosted a workshop on Petroleum Revenue Management on October 23-24, 2002 in Washington, D.C. The workshop brought together petroleum industry, civil society, developmental...

The oil and gas potential of Vietnam's continental shelf remains relatively unexplored compared with that of its neighbors, including China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. A number of factors affect the decision to undertake petroleum investments: geology, geography, geopolitics, and...

The monitoring and evaluation approach advocated in this report uses both qualitative, and quantitative techniques to improve the quality of rural electricity projects. The participatory method spans a variety of well-established qualitative methods, including focus group discussions, pocket...

This sourcebook provides guidance on how to improve the involvement of stakeholders, in the systematic assessment of options in planning exercises for water, and energy services. Ranging from policy formulation, to project planning, it draws on case studies of programs, and projects that...

In India, approximately 86 per cent of rural households and 24 per cent of urban households rely on solid biomass fuels for their cooking needs. These fuels used in traditional stoves, in households often with little ventilation, emit smoke containing significant quantities of harmful pollutants...

Switching entirely to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to meet household energy needs is one way of greatly lowering exposure to indoor air pollution, while simultaneously bringing additional benefits of time savings and convenience. Although there are a number of reasons why many households do not...

A Regional Workshop on Household Energy, Air Pollution and Health was held on 9-10 May 2002 in New Delhi, India. The two-day event provided a forum to exchange information on the latest research, share experiences in mitigation strategies and strengthen commitments to future action programs...

Access to a reliable source of heat is vital to sustain life in Mongolia. Particularly so, for families living in the traditional tents, who today in Ulaanbaatar - the capital city - rely on burning mineral coal. However, the incomplete combustion of coal by inefficient metal stoves, releases...