One Goal, Two Paths

Download or read book One Goal, Two Paths written by The World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region's impressive economic growth, over 1 billion of its people still lack access to electricity and modern cooking solutions. To achieve universal access to modern energy by 2030, this book exhorts EAP countries to advance simultaneously on two paths: (1) accelerate programs for grid and off-grid electricity through appropriate policies and innovative technologies; and (2) scale up access to clean cooking fuels and efficient cooking stoves, particularly for biomass in poor rural areas.