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'Managing Expectations' on Power Africa (Devex)

January 24, 2014

From the Article:

U.S. government leaders involved in the Obama administration initiative to increase energy access sub-Saharan Africa shared their thoughts on what they have learned so far about the ambitious energy access and investment push.

The clearest message to emerge from last week’s panel discussion was that the key is “managing expectations.”

Officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Overseas Private Investment Corp., the Millennium Challenge Corp. and Capitol Hill discussed at the Center for Global Development how their agencies’ unique mandates and perspectives are contributing to a coordinated approach to combat energy poverty on the continent.

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