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Strategy Timeline Update

The World Bank Group's Board Committee on Development Effectiveness is now reviewing a draft energy sector strategy for the organization. The strategy document will be posted on the website when this review is completed.

Feedback from Phase I Synthesized

Read a summary of feedback received during the first phase of consultations from January to July 2010. About 1,700 participants—representing stakeholders from government, civil society, the private sector and academia, among others—commented on the strategy in 45 face-to-face worldwide meetings, while another 170 submitted written comments.

Energy Strategy Timetable Revised

The World Bank Group's Board Committee on Development Effectiveness is now reviewing a draft energy sector strategy for the organization. The strategy document will be posted on the website when this review is completed.  Read more.

An Overview of Subsidies in the Energy Sector 

Concerns about whether subsidies increase energy demands in developed and
developing countries have been heightened in recent years due to a focus on climate change. Read the arguments for and against the use or modification of certain energy subsidies. Read more.

Stakeholders Offer Views on a New Energy Strategy

Should the World Bank encourage the development of new technologies? Read how stakeholders from around the world respond to this question and others regarding the World Bank's approach to an energy strategy. Read more.

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