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Regional Energy Programme for Poverty Reduction
Regional Energy Programme for Poverty Reduction (REP-PoR)
at
the Fourteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14)
Session: Energy Security and its Implications for the Poor
Events Date: Thursday, 4 May 2006
Brief:
Nandita Mongia, UNDP, discussed the Regional Energy Programme for Poverty Reduction for the Asia Pacific region, saying it looks at improving access to energy services to the poor and how the oil price crisis impacts them. She said the study examined private financing, cross border energy trade, and the impact of oil in a country gap analysis. She noted that although macroeconomic impacts from rising oil prices are observable, micro-effects such as higher transportation costs, which affect access to health care and education, are affecting the poor. Mongia also emphasized that the fight for energy for all contributes to the fight for the MDGs.
More information, please visit: http://www.iisd.ca/csd/csd14/enbots/4may2006.html
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