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Independent Evaluation GroupKeywords
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSPOWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
SOLAR PANELS
SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
UTILITIES
TURBINES
HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
POWER CAPACITY
FUEL SUPPLY
BIOGAS
ENERGY EXPENDITURE
POWER SHORTAGES
INVESTMENTS
PIPELINE
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION
IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
KEROSENE LAMPS
CONVENTIONAL GENERATION
SURPLUS POWER
GRID ELECTRICITY SERVICE
ELECTRICITY USAGE
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
GRID EXPANSION
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY
ACCESS TO ENERGY
ENERGY NEEDS
ENERGY
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
BIOMASS
ELECTRIC SERVICES
POWER GENERATION
ELECTRICITY SYSTEM
FOSSIL
GRID EXTENSION
ACTIVITIES
ELECTRICITY TARIFF
WIND FARMS
WIND TURBINES
CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS
POWER PLANTS
ELECTRICITY
GAS DEVELOPMENT
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
GRID ELECTRIFICATION
BALANCE
FUEL OIL
GRID RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
POST-CONFLICT
GREENHOUSE GASES
ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE
ACCESS TO ENERGY SERVICES
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
NATURAL GAS
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT
AVAILABILITY
VOLTAGE
KEROSENE
HEAT SUPPLY
RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
PILOT PROJECTS
POWER PRODUCERS
CLIMATE CHANGE
POWER PRODUCER
DIESEL
AIR QUALITY
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
FOSSIL FUEL
GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
UTILITY CHARGES
GENERATION CAPACITY
TRANSMISSION LINE
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRICITY UTILITIES
RURAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
APPROACH
WIND
SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
KEROSENE CONSUMPTION
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
HEAT
RETAIL ELECTRICITY
GREENHOUSE GAS
HYDRO POWER
WIND FARM
SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS
ENERGY GENERATION
ENERGY USE
FACILITIES
RENEWABLE SOURCES
RENEWABLE ENERGY
GENERATION
GAS
ENERGY MIX
POWER DEMAND
AIR POLLUTION
KILOWATT-HOUR
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
GRID ELECTRICITY
RURAL ENERGY
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
POWER GRID
POWER PROJECT
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
ELECTRIC SUPPLY
RENEWABLE GENERATION
EMPLOYMENT
POWER DISTRIBUTION
OIL
WATER
POWER SYSTEM
EMISSIONS
HEAVY FUEL OIL
ELECTRIFICATION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAM
ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND
GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY
HYDROPOWER
POWER CORPORATION
SOLAR CELLS
GASES
GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS
GRID CONNECTION
RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS
RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
TARIFF
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
OPTIONS
ELECTRICITY UTILITY
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
PRICE
GAS DISTRIBUTION
GRID CONNECTIONS
SOLAR LANTERNS
ENERGY POLICIES
FUEL
TAX INCENTIVES
POWER
ELECTRICITY DEMAND
PRICES
THERMAL POWER
POLLUTION
POWER COMPANY
INVESTMENT
SOLAR HOME SYSTEM
POWER SECTOR
ENERGY RESOURCES
RURAL ELECTRIC
BATTERIES
ENERGY SOURCES
SMALL POWER PRODUCERS
RENEWABLE SOURCE
GLOBAL EMISSIONS
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22953Abstract
The World Bank Group has committed to
 achieving universal access to electricity by 2030 under the
 Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative. This is a
 daunting challenge: more than 1 billion people do not have
 access, and another 1 billion have chronically inadequate or
 unreliable service. Most of those without access are poor,
 and the largest share is in Sub-Saharan Africa. Achieving
 universal access within 15 years for the low-access
 countries (those with under 50 percent coverage) requires a
 quantum leap from their present pace of 1.6 million
 connections per year to 14.6 million per year until 2030.
 The investment needed would be about $37 billion per year,
 including erasing generation deficits and meeting demand
 from economic growth. By comparison, in recent years,
 low-access countries received an average of $3.6 billion per
 year for their electricity sectors from public and private
 sources, including $1.5 billion per year from the World Bank
 Group. Development outcomes of the Bank Group’s assistance
 were generally favorable compared with other infrastructure
 sectors. However, performance in improving financial
 viability of country electricity sectors was below
 expectations. There were significant gaps in the Bank
 Group’s coverage of low-access countries, mostly in
 Sub-Saharan Africa. Median implementation time of World Bank
 investment projects was nine years, with time overruns
 attributable to inadequate project design and borrower
 capacity. Support for off-grid electrification was low and
 sporadic, with a few notable exceptions. The Bank Group’s
 growing non-conventional renewable energy portfolio is
 dealing with technology and regulatory challenges. Tracking
 welfare and gender impacts in World Bank projects has
 improved, and International Finance Corporation (IFC) has
 made a beginning in addressing these issues. The Bank made
 some significant pilot contributions to addressing the
 affordability of electricity connections. Collaboration grew
 among World Bank, IFC, and MIGA through joint projects,
 which helps break ground for the private sector in some
 high-risk and fragile countries, and supports a few large
 and complex projects. The scale of the SE4All challenge
 requires the Bank Group to reposition itself as a global
 solutions provider in the sector, going well beyond the
 confines of its own direct support for access. This
 evaluation points to the urgency for the Bank Group‘s energy
 practice to adopt a new and transformative strategy to help
 country clients orchestrate a national, sustained
 sector-level engagement for universal access. A major
 challenge in this effort is to deploy the Bank Group units’
 individual and collective strengths beyond Bank Group–led
 projects and transactions to stimulate private sector
 investments for closing the financing gap, especially in
 generation, for low-access countries.Date
2015-11-11Type
ReportIdentifier
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