WORLD BANK ACTS AGAINST KEROSENE USE IN AFRICA
September 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank is to give US$200,000 grants to up to 20 companies supplying non-fuel lamps to regions of sub-Saharan Africa without electricity. It aims to encourage their populations to stop using kerosene lamps, which the bank deems costly and inefficient.
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THE WORLD Bank is to give US$200,000 grants to up to 20 companies supplying non-fuel lamps to regions of sub-Saharan Africa without electricity. It aims to encourage their populations to stop using kerosene lamps, which the bank deems costly and inefficient.
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