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  • Grid overlooking Mumbai, India: Photo Credit - Simone McCourtiePromotion of New Clean Energy Technologies and the World Bank Group (2011)
    This paper reviews past experience and examines different future options for the Bank Group. View PDF (93 pages, 663 kb) 

  • Subsidies in the Energy Sector: An Overview (2010)
    This overview of issues relating to energy subsidies in developing countries discusses measurement, impact, and design. View PDF (115 pages, 851 kb) 

  • Addressing the Electricity Access Gap (2010)
    This paper reviews the barriers to electrification, discusses how to address them, and suggests the way forward.
    View PDF (98 pages, 446 kb)

  • Liquid Biofuels: A Background Brief for the World Bank Group Energy Strategy (2010)
    This brief provides a summary of the analyses of liquid biofuels undertaken collectively by UN agencies, focusing in particular on government policies. View PDF (26 pages, 234kb)

  • Regional Energy Projects: Experience and Approaches of the World Bank Group (2010)
    This paper reviews WBG’s experience with cross-border energy projects in 2000−2009 and drawing lessons to see how regional trade can be enhanced in WBG projects in the coming years. View PDF (83 pages, 938 kb)

  • Reducing Technical and Non-Technical Losses in the Power Sector (2009)
    This paper reviews experience in developing countries by private as well as state-owned electricity companies in reducing total transmission and distribution losses and provides examples of sustainable reductions. View PDF (34 pages, 289kb) 

 


ENERGY: World Bank Group Policy and Strategy Documents

The Bank Group is leading efforts to meet the global energy challenge through policies that work to enable access to environmentally and socially sustainable energy. Here, you can access documents that deal with Bank policies on these topics:


Last updated: 2011-04-11




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