Energizing Myanmar : Enhancing Access to Sustainable Energy for All
Myanmar has the opportunity to significantly enhance energy access, starting from a situation where energy consumption per capita is among the lowest in the world. Two-thirds of the population is not connected to the national electricity grid, and...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25929970/energizing-myanmar-enhancing-access-sustainable-energy-all http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23759 |
| Summary: | Myanmar has the opportunity to
significantly enhance energy access, starting from a
situation where energy consumption per capita is among the
lowest in the world. Two-thirds of the population is not
connected to the national electricity grid, and 84 percent
of rural households lack access to electricity. The lack of
affordable and reliable power is a key constraint to the
delivery of vital services such as health, education and
finance for rural populations, and for private sector
development and job creation more broadly. Also, access to
modern fuels for cooking (such as liquefied petroleum gas)
is limited to urban areas. Consequently, traditional biomass
(wood and animal dung) is widely used and accounts for about
70 percent of primary energy consumption. The Government’s
National Electrification Plan aims to electrify more than 7
million households and achieve access to electricity for 36
million people by 2030. Achieving this objective (which is
also the UN SDG7 in Myanmar) is vital to poverty reduction
and shared prosperity. |
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