26 April 2010
As the World Bank is crafting its new Energy Strategy, BIC has put together a model for how we think the Bank's final strategy should look. The model was created in consultation with civil society and energy experts worldwide.
The model strategy, created with the assistance of Greenpeace International, World Resources Institute, WWF International, Hivos, and Conservation International, looks at the twin problems of energy poverty and pollution from dirty energy. While both of these problems both severely affect the poor worldwide, they are frequently posed as a zero-sum tradeoff where the only affordable way to increase access for the poor is through coal or other dirty fuels. BIC's proposed plan does not accept this concept, focusing instead on ways to fulfill the Bank's mandate of poverty reduction without creating greater problems for the poor down the line.
read the model strategy
BIC model Energy Strategy, by Yong Chen, Bank Information Center, April 23, 2010 (Acrobat PDF, 810 KB)
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BIC's Energy Strategy Review page
World Bank Energy Strategy Review page
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