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WORLD BANK GROUP: Mali: World Bank Approves Additional Funding For
Energy Services Delivery In Rural Areas
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:04092008
WASHINGTON -- The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today
approved $35 million in additional funding to support the Household
Energy and Universal Access (HEURA) Project in Mali. The target number
of communities with access to modern energy services, particularly in
rural areas, will be increased.
The implementing Malian agency, AMADER, oversaw the original project
which was approved in November 2003. Since then, progress has been
steady and the additional funding will enable an acceleration of energy
access expansion.
"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."
The project includes $2.4 million for capacity development and
institutional strengthening, $30.3 million for energy services
delivery, and $2.3 million for household energy. Capacity development
will focus on strengthening a number of sector agencies including the
Water and Electricity Regulatory Commission, the Directorates of Energy
and Nature Conservation and AMADER, the rural energy agency. The energy
services delivery component will scale up rural electrification
projects and multi-functional platforms investment. It will also
provide funding for communication to local communities, in an effort to
deepen the information around the project.
The final component will address household energy, supporting
community-based woodland management and energy efficiency initiatives
within the household (such as low-consumption lamps and improved
stoves).
For more information on the World Bank and Mali, please visit
www.worldbank.org/mali For more information, please visit the Projects
website.
CONTACT: Rachel McColgan-Arnold, Washington, World Bank Group
Tel: +1 202 458 5299
e-mail: rmccolgan@worldbank.org
Moussa Diarra, Mali, World Bank Group
Tel: +223 222 22 83
e-mail: mdiarra@worldbank.org
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