ENERGY SERVICES FOR THE WORLD'S POOR

Access to efficient, sustainable energy services -- and sectoral reforms that facilitate efficiency and improved access -- have a key role to play in alleviating poverty in developing countries. The central objective of 'Energy Services for the World's Poor' is to cast light on this linkage, and to inform and stimulate debate on the agenda for making energy policies and energy reforms increasingly effective in reaching low-income households. The focus of this report is three-fold: a) review of the state of play and role of access to efficient, sustainable energy services in poverty alleviation, and the role of energy sector reforms in this context