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Iraq’s economy depends on oil.

Oil markets

How the mighty have fallen

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by Aviva Freudmann
Electrical substation in Anantapur, India. Co-financed by KfW, it supplies electricity for the state of Andhra Pradesh.

KfW financing

Investing in better networks

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by Friederike Bauer
by Achim Neumann
A wind farm and a coal-based power plant near Cologne in Germany: prosperous nations must reduce fossil fuel consumption, not only for the sake of Africa.

Wind and solar

The right approach to catching up

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by Jakkie Cilliers
Energy efficiency is the “world’s first fuel”: Energy-efficient residential buildings funded by KfW Development Bank in New Delhi.

Renewables

Networks and storage needed

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by Friederike Bauer
by Achim Neumann
Workers unload coal from a ship in Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka.

Fossil fuel

Bangladesh’s coal boom

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by Nora Sausmikat
by Quirin Jetschke
Solar panel in a village in Jharkand state.

Green power

Behind schedule

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Marketing charcoal in rural Uganda.

Infrastructure

Destructive biomass demand

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by Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki
Hydroelectric power station on Lake Tanganyika in Zambia.

Energy policy

Water over the dam

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by Derrick Silimina
Copper smelting in Zambia: commodity prices have plummeted because of Covid-19.

Blog

Covid-19 as seen by World Bank board member

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by Hans Dembowski
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