…Guinea, May 27, 2014—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today launched Lighting Papua New Guinea, a project to help half a million people get safe and affordable solar…
…market, providing lighting and other energy services to 420 million users and remains on a solid growth curve, a new World Bank Group and GOGLA report shows. The 2020 Off-Grid…
…impacts of kerosene lamp usage are severe. Several studies have reported that accidental ingestion of kerosene is the primary cause of child poisoning in the developing world, while the use…
…expected to reach $3.1 billion, providing access to improved energy to 99 million households with no access to the grid, according to a new report released today by the World…
…through market intelligence, quality assurance, business support services and consumer education. About the World Bank Group The World Bank Group is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and…
…shared prosperity in a sustainable way. The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. We are not a bank in…
…Global program in the geographic and technological scaling up of the program, mainly through integrating the program into World Bank-financed projects. The senior off-Grid expert will support the new End…
The World Bank, in partnership with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), launched the Global Solar Atlas, a free, web-based tool to help investors and policymakers identify potential sites for solar…
In a feature-length magazine article published in the New Yorker Magazine, the dynamic evolution and impact of the off-grid solar industry in Africa is profiled at length, including references…
…in off-grid technology. As return visitor, Riccardo Puliti, Senior Director of Energy & Extractives at the World Bank noted while touring our solar village with then-interim President of the World…
