Mali's Energy Sector Boosted by World Bank

The Household Energy and Universal Access (HEURA) Project in Mali received a boost as the World Bank approved $35 million in additional funding that will allow an increase in the target number of communities with access to modern energy services.

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The project, first approved in 2003, includes $2.4 million for capacity development and institutional strengthening in an effort to build a number of agencies including the Water and Electricity Regulatory Commission. WB has earmarked $30.3 million for energy services delivery and $2.3 million for household energy that could include items like low-consumption lamps and stoves.

“The additional funding is intended primarily to support the efforts of local private operators through rural electrification initiatives,” said Koffi Ekouevi, the World Bank’s Task Team Leader for the project. “The project will support the overall objective of the original HEURA to help the Malian government in its efforts to improve the provision of basic energy services to the poor to help stimulate economic growth and thus contribute to the reduction of poverty.”

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