MG-Energy Sec Dev Prj (FY96)

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The Energy Sector Development Project aims at: 1) enhancing Madagascar's prospects for economic recovery and growth by ensuring an adequate supply of electricity in the medium-term, both for businesses and households, including an increased access of peri-urban and rural populations to the service; 2) increasing economic and management efficiency in the power sub-sector, and attracting private capital for investment, through institutional reform; and 3) promoting greater efficiency in the production and consumption of energy, which, in the case of woodfuels, will at the same time, help mitigate adverse environmental impacts. The project components fall under four major groups: 1) the bulk of Madagascar's Utility for Electricity and Water's (JIRAMA) investment program which will finance the rehabilitation and extension of generation, transmission and distribution facilities, the provision of tools and equipment for maintenance, a loss reduction program, improvements in human resources management and personnel training, a program for information technology, and feasibility studies for two small hydroelectric projects; 2) a program under the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) responsibility to increase access of peri-urban and dynamic rural areas to the electricity service; 3) actions in support of the institutional reform of the power sector; and 4) a program for energy efficiency dealing mainly with the woodfuels sub-sector.

Energy and Extractives,FY17 - Energy and Extractives

World Bank Group

Project

Power Transmission, Power Generation (CCGT), Government