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Regional Workshops focusing on Electricity and Development
Facilitated
GNESD has together with UNEP, UNDP and the International Energy Agency
(IEA) carried out three regional workshops focusing on the Electricity
and Development issue. The key theme for all three workshops has been
to address the dual challenge of ensuring electricity for national
economic development and at the same time provide increased access to
the poor parts of the population.
The Workshops made significant progress on understanding the linkages
between poverty, development and access to electricity. One of the
main conclusions is that the provision of modern energy services is
crucial to the overall social and economic development and these
services provide a platform without which the Millennium Development
Goals cannot be attained. Lack of access to electricity in itself
stood out as the clearest indicator of energy poverty and, indeed, of
poverty in general. A common workshop report on the outcomes of the
Workshops is under preparation and will be available shortly. The
following workshop Summary Reports are now available:
The Rio de Janeiro workshop, Brazil, 13-14 April 2005
The Bangkok workshop, Thailand, 28-29 April 2005
The Nairobi workshop, Kenya, 13-14 July 2005
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