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p. -1 of 74 BACK | NEXT Home Page of Dams and Development Foreword I. Why an e-paper on dams and development? II. Assessing options III. Participatory processes IV. Social impacts V. Environmental impacts VI. Benefit distribution VII. Dam safety and sustainability VIII. Existing projects IX. Improving governance X. What other organizations say XI. ADB, Dams, and Development XII. References Contact Us

Energy Policy Review (2000)

Important developments since publication of ADB's 1995 Energy Policy required a realignment toward four operational priorities. They are described in the 2000 Review of the Energy Policy. All four priorities have an influence on the selection of options:

• poverty reduction: by creating energy infrastructure for sustainable economic growth, increasing access to energy for the poor, particularly in rural areas, and making sure that the poor account for a major portion of beneficiaries in ADB projects;
• promoting private sector involvement: by restructuring the energy sector and creating an enabling environment for private investors;
• addressing regional and global environmental impacts: by supporting measures to address acid rain problems, use of clean energy and Kyoto Protocol mechanisms for GHG abatement, and by financing renewable energy projects; and
• promoting regional cooperation: by helping DMCs identify and implement export-oriented hydropower and natural gas-based generation and transmission projects. (page 49)

View selected extracts from the Energy Policy Review related to needs assessment or options assessment.

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