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Energy 2000: Review of the Energy Policy of the Asian Development Bank : Future assistance in the changing context

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Poverty reduction

76. ADB’s energy sector operations will be aligned with the three pillars of its poverty reduction strategy. Energy projects will be formulated and designed to support pro-poor growth and, to the extent possible, contribute to ADB’s goal of devoting no less than 40 percent of its public sector lending to poverty interventions by 2001 and substantially increasing core poverty interventions by 2002. The latter will be achieved by designing projects in such a way that the poor account for a major share of beneficiaries by locating suitable projects in poor areas or provinces and by including specific poverty-related components such as rural electrification. Assistance will also be provided to design special lifeline tariffs for the poor so that they can afford the services provided by such projects. Energy sector interventions in the future will include building a body of knowledge to help analyze their impact on poverty reduction.

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