Publication: Tracking Progress Toward
Sustainable Energy for All in Latin America and the Caribbean
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2014-09-22
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To sustain momentum for the achievement of the sustainable energy for all (SE4ALL) objectives, a means of charting global progress to 2030 is needed. The World Bank and the International Energy Agency led a consortium of 15 international agencies to establish the SE4ALL global tracking framework (GTF), which provides a system for regular global reporting, based on rigorous yet practical, given available databases - technical measures. This note is based on that framework. This note uses data from the GTF to provide a regional and country perspective on the three pillars of SE4ALL for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The first section considers energy access. This note looks at the renewable energy and energy efficiency goals.
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“Portale, Elisa; de Wit, Joeri. 2014. Tracking Progress Toward
Sustainable Energy for All in Latin America and the Caribbean. Live Wire, 2014/30. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20256 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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