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WHITE HOUSE AND THE WORLD POLICY BRIEFS
July 20, 2015
As late as 1930, only 1 in 10 rural Americans had access to electricity. In subsequent years, rapidly increasing power generation and growing the electrical grid across the country became major pillars of the American battle against domestic poverty and a foundation for decades of economic growth ...
Blog Post
June 25, 2015
The Electrify Africa Act is back, re-vamped for 2015 and a new session of Congress. Representatives Royce, Engel, and Bass introduced the bill this week (the House passed an earlier version last year, but the Senate didn’t vote on corresponding legislation before the e...
Blog Post
April 21, 2015
Energy access is getting a lot of attention lately from the development community. The ONE Campaign has been pushing for aggressive action to fight energy poverty. President Obama launched Power Africa in June 2013 as his signature development initiative of the second term (and t...
Blog Post
April 02, 2015
This is one of a series of CGD blogs on tweaks to the SDG targets.
I love the proposed Sustainable Development Goal Seven. It says “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”. Target 7.1 is even better: “By 2030, ensure universal access to ...