Press release tracking SDG7 2024 World Bank

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</li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="20"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> <ul> <li lang="bg"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/bg/country/bulgaria">Български</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="21"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/burkinafaso">Burkina Faso</a> <ul> <li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/burkinafaso">Français</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="22"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/burundi">Burundi</a> <ul> <li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/burundi">Français</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="23"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caboverde">Cabo Verde</a> <ul> <li lang="pt"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/caboverde">Português</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="24"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/cambodia">Cambodia</a> <ul> <li lang="km"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/km/country/cambodia">ភាសាខ្មែរ</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="25"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/cameroon">Cameroon</a> <ul> <li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/cameroon">Français</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="26"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/canada">Canada</a> <ul> <li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/canada">Français</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="27"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/centralafricanrepublic">Central African Republic</a> <ul> <li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/centralafricanrepublic">Français</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="28"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/chad">Chad</a> <ul> <li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/chad">Français</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="29"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/chile">Chile</a> <ul> <li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/chile">Español</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="30"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/china">China</a> <ul> <li lang="zh"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.shihang.org/zh/country/china">中文</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="31"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/colombia">Colombia</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/colombia">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="32"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/comoros">Comoros</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/comoros">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="33"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/drc">Democratic Republic of Congo</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/drc">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="34"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/congo">Republic of Congo</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/congo">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="35"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/costarica">Costa Rica</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/costarica">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="36"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/cotedivoire">Cote d'Ivoire</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/cotedivoire">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="37"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/croatia">Croatia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="38"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/eu">Czech Republic</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="39"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/denmark">Denmark</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="40"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/djibouti">Djibouti</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="41"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">Dominica</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="42"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/dominicanrepublic">Dominican Republic</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/dominicanrepublic">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="43"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/ecuador">Ecuador</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/ecuador">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="44"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/egypt">Egypt</a> <ul><li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/egypt">عربي</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="45"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/elsalvador">El Salvador</a> <ul><li lang="es"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/elsalvador">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="46"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/equatorialguinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="47"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/eritrea">Eritrea</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="48"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/estonia">Estonia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="49"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="50"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/westerneurope">Europe (Western)</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="51"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Fiji</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="52"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/finland">Finland</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="53"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/france">France</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/france">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="54"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/gabon">Gabon</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/gabon">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="55"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/gambia">The Gambia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="56"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/georgia">Georgia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="57"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/germany">Germany</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="58"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/ghana">Ghana</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="59"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/greece">Greece</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="60"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">Grenada</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="61"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/guatemala">Guatemala</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/guatemala">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="62"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/guinea">Guinea</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/guinea">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="63"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/guineabissau">Guinea-Bissau</a> <ul><li lang="pt"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/guineabissau">Português</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="64"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">Guyana</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="65"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/haiti">Haiti</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/haiti">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="66"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/honduras">Honduras</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/honduras">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="67"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/eu">Hungary</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="68"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/iceland">Iceland</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="69"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/india">India</a> <ul><li lang="hi"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/hi/country/india">Hindi</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="70"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/indonesia">Indonesia</a> <ul><li lang="in"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/in/country/indonesia">Bahasa</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="71"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/iran">Iran</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="72"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/iraq">Iraq</a> <ul><li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/iraq">عربي</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="73"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://data.worldbank.org/country/israel">Israel</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="74"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/italy">Italy</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="75"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/jamaica">Jamaica</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="76"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/japan">Japan</a> <ul><li lang="ja"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/ja/country/japan">日本語</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="77"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/jordan">Jordan</a> <ul><li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/jordan">عربي</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="78"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/kazakhstan">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="79"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/kenya">Kenya</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="80"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Kiribati</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="81"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/korea">Korea</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="82"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/kosovo">Kosovo</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="83"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/gcc">Kuwait</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="84"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/kyrgyzrepublic">Kyrgyz Republic</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/kyrgyzrepublic">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="85"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/lao">Lao PDR</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="86"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/latvia">Latvia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="87"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/lebanon">Lebanon</a> <ul><li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/lebanon">عربي</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="88"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/lesotho">Lesotho</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="89"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/liberia">Liberia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="90"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/libya">Libya</a> <ul><li lang="ar"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/libya">عربي</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="91"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/lithuania">Lithuania</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="92"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/luxembourg">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="93"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/macedonia">FYR of Macedonia</a> <ul><li lang="mk"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/mk/country/macedonia">македонски</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="94"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/madagascar">Madagascar</a> <ul><li lang="fr"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/madagascar">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="95"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/malawi">Malawi</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="96"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/malaysia">Malaysia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="97"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/maldives">Maldives</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="98"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/mali">Mali</a> <ul><li lang="fr"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/mali">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="99"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Marshall Islands</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="100"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/mauritania">Mauritania</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/mauritania">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="101"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/mauritius">Mauritius</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/mauritius">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="102"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/mexico">Mexico</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/mexico">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="103"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">FS Micronesia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="104"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/moldova">Moldova</a> <ul><li lang="ro"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/ro/country/moldova">română</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="105"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/mongolia">Mongolia</a> <ul><li lang="mn"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/mn/country/mongolia">Монгол</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="106"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/montenegro">Montenegro</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="107"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/morocco">Morocco</a> <ul> <li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/morocco">عربي</a></li> <li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/morocco">Français</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="108"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/mozambique">Mozambique</a> <ul><li lang="pt"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/mozambique">Português</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="109"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/myanmar">Myanmar</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="110"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/namibia">Namibia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="111"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/nepal">Nepal</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="112"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/netherlands">Netherlands</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="113"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/nicaragua">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="114"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/niger">Niger</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/niger">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="115"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/nigeria">Nigeria</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="116"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/norway">Norway</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="117"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/gcc">Oman</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="118"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pakistan">Pakistan</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="119"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Palau</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="120"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/panama">Panama</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/panama">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="121"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/png">Papua New Guinea</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="122"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/paraguay">Paraguay</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/paraguay">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="123"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/peru">Peru</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/peru">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="124"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/philippines">Philippines</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="125"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/poland">Poland</a> <ul><li lang="pl"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/pl/country/poland">Polski</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="126"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/portugal">Portugal</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="127"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/gcc">Qatar</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="128"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/romania">Romania</a> <ul><li lang="ro"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/ro/country/romania">Română</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="129"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/russia">Russia</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/russia">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="130"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/rwanda">Rwanda</a> <ul><li lang="fr"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/rwanda">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="131"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Samoa</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="132"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/saotome">Sao Tome and Principe</a> <ul><li lang="pt"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/saotome">Português</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="133"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/senegal">Senegal</a> <ul><li lang="fr"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/senegal">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="134"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/serbia">Serbia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="135"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/seychelles">Seychelles</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/seychelles">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="136"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/sierraleone">Sierra Leone</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="137"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/singapore">Singapore</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="138"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/eu">Slovak Republic</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="139"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/eu">Slovenia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="140"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Solomon Islands</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="141"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/somalia">Somalia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="142"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/southafrica">South Africa</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="143"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/southsudan">South Sudan</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="144"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/spain">Spain</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/spain">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="145"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/srilanka">Sri Lanka</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="146"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">St. Kitts and Nevis</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="147"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">St. Lucia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="148"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">St. Vincent and Grenadines</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="149"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/sudan">Sudan</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="150"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">Suriname</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="151"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/swaziland">Swaziland</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="152"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/sweden">Sweden</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="153"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/switzerland">Switzerland</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="154"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/syria">Syria</a> <ul><li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/syria">عربي</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="155"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/tajikistan">Tajikistan</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/tajikistan">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="156"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/tanzania">Tanzania</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="157"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/thailand">Thailand</a> <ul><li lang="th"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/th/country/thailand">ภาษาไทย</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="158"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/timor-leste">Timor Leste (East Timor)</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="159"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/togo">Togo</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/togo">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="160"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Tonga</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="161"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">Trinidad and Tobago</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="162"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/tunisia">Tunisia</a> <ul><li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/tunisia">عربي</a></li></ul> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/tunisia">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="163"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/turkey">Turkey</a> <ul><li lang="tr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/tr/country/turkey">Türkçe</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="164"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/turkmenistan">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="165"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Tuvalu</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="166"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/uganda">Uganda</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="167"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/ukraine">Ukraine</a> <ul><li lang="uk"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/uk/country/ukraine">Yкраїнський</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="168"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/gcc">United Arab Emirates</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="169"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/unitedkingdom">United Kingdom</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="170"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/unitedstates">United States of America</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="171"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/uruguay">Uruguay</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/uruguay">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="172"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/uzbekistan">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="173"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" 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International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO), released today, finds that the world remains off course to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 for energy by 2030.</p><p><a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/energy/" target="_blank">SDG 7</a> is to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy. The goal includes reaching universal access to electricity and clean cooking, doubling historic levels of efficiency improvements, and substantially increasing the share of renewables in the global energy mix. Attaining this goal will have a deep impact on people’s health and well-being, helping to protect them from environmental and social risks such as air pollution, and expanding access to primary health care and services.</p><p>The 2024 edition of <a href="https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads" target="_blank"><i>Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report </i></a>warns that current efforts are not enough to achieve the SDG 7 on time. There has been some progress on specific elements of the SDG 7 agenda – for example, the increased rate of renewables deployment in the power sector – but progress is insufficient to reach the targets set forth in the SDGs.</p><p>The latest report confirms that the number of people without access to electricity increased for the first time in over a decade, as population grew—mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa—at a higher rate than that of new electricity connections, leaving 685 million people without electricity in 2022, 10 million more than in 2021. A combination of factors contributed to this including the global energy crisis, inflation, growing debt distress in many low-income countries, and increased geopolitical tensions. However, promising trends in the rollout of decentralised energy solutions, largely based on renewable energy, are helping accelerate progress, particularly in rural areas where eight in ten people without access live today.</p><p>Meanwhile, 2.1 billion people still live without access to clean cooking fuels and technologies, with the number remaining largely flat last year. This carries with it huge implications for health, gender equality, and the environment, contributing to 3.2 million premature deaths each year. Renewed political momentum within the context of <a href="https://www.g7italy.it/wp-content/uploads/Stresa-Communique-25-May-2024.pdf" target="_blank">G7</a>, <a href="https://www.iea.org/news/executive-director-meets-with-president-lula-of-brazil-on-energy-and-climate-priorities-for-g20-and-cop30" target="_blank">G20</a>, and new financial commitments made at the <a href="https://www.iea.org/news/landmark-summit-mobilises-2-2-billion-to-make-2024-a-turning-point-for-clean-cooking-access-in-africa" target="_blank">Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa</a> are buoying prospects for stronger progress later this decade. Still, efforts remain insufficient to reach universal access to electricity or clean cooking by 2030.</p><p>Other parts of the SDG 7 agenda have fared better recently. Renewable energy has seen robust growth over the past two years, and energy efficiency improvements is gradually improving after a drop-off during the pandemic, albeit still not enough to meet the SDG 7 target. New global targets pledged by over 130 countries in the <a href="https://www.cop28.com/en/global-renewables-and-energy-efficiency-pledge" target="_blank">UAE Consensus</a> reinforce the objectives of SDG 7 by aiming to triple renewable generating capacity and double the rate of energy efficiency. Immediate concrete actions are required to fulfil these targets, especially in addressing the large disparity in clean energy investment, of which 80% remains concentrated in just 25 countries in 2022.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Key findings of the report:</strong></p><ul><li>2022 saw a reversal in progress, with the number of people living without electricity growing for the first time in over a decade. Today, 685 million people live without access – 10 million more than in 2021. In 2022, 570 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are living without electricity, accounting for more than 80% of the global population without access. The access deficit in the region has seen an uptick relative to 2010 levels.</li><li>The world remains off track to achieve universal access to clean cooking by 2030. Up to 2.1 billion people still use polluting fuels and technologies for cooking, largely in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The traditional use of biomass also means households spend up to 40 hours a week gathering firewood and cooking, which makes it difficult for women to pursue employment or participate in local decision-making bodies and for children to go to school.</li><li>Household air pollution created by using polluting fuels and technologies for cooking results in 3.2 million premature deaths each year.</li><li>Renewable electricity consumption grew more than 6% year-on-year in 2021, bringing the share of renewables in global electricity consumption to 28.2%.</li><li>Installed renewable energy-generating capacity per capita reached a new record in 2022 at 424 watts per capita globally. However considerable disparities exist. Developed countries (at 1,073 watts per capita) have 3.7 times more capacity installed than developing countries (at 293 watts per capita).</li><li>The rate of energy intensity improvement saw a slight advance of 0.8% in 2021 compared with 0.6% a year earlier. However, this remains well below the long-term average. The slow progress in 2021 occurred amidst the robust economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the largest annual rise in energy consumption in 50 years. Average annual improvements through 2030 must now accelerate to over 3.8 percent to meet the SDG 7.3 target.</li><li>International public financial flows in support of clean energy in developing countries rebounded in 2022, to USD 15.4 billion, a 25% increase over 2021. However, it is still around half of the 2016 peak of USD 28.5 billion.</li><li>By 2030, under current policies there are still 660 million people lacking electricity access and around 1.8 billion without access to clean cooking technologies and fuels. Progress in energy efficiency rates also lags, reaching just 2.3%, well below the level needed to reach the SDG 7 target.</li></ul><p>The report will be presented to top decision-makers at a special launch event on 15 July<sup> </sup>at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, which oversees progress on the SDGs. The authors urge the international community to refocus efforts on providing the required financial, technological and policy support to close the access deficit and ensure that all countries and communities can benefit from accelerated renewable energy deployment and improved energy efficiency.  </p><p><strong>Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency:</strong> “To achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7, we will need much more investment in emerging and developing economies to expand access to electricity and to clean cooking technologies and fuels. Today, only a fraction of total energy investment is going to the countries where the problems of electricity access and clean cooking are critical, not least in Sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to climate and environmental benefits, addressing these challenges will bring a range of societal and economic advantages, linked to gender equality, health, education and employment. Our recent Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa mobilised USD 2.2 billion, building momentum for further progress”</p><p><strong>Francesco La Camera, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency: </strong>“Year after year, renewables prove to be a leading player in increasing energy and electricity access through steady expansion of renewable power capacity. But distribution disparity remains stark, as reflected in the international public financial flows in support of clean energy. The rebound in the flows does indicate a positive signal, but it is nowhere near the needed amount to achieve SDG7. This should serve as a strong reminder that not only we are racing against time to reach the goal, but we also still fail the most underserved in the world. There must be a strong sense of urgency from the international community to accelerate investments in renewables infrastructures and sustainable technologies, with a focus on the least developed and developing economies.”</p><p><strong>Stefan Schweinfest, Director, United Nations Statistics Division:</strong> <strong>“</strong>Sustainable Development Goal 7 has been a guiding star in the mobilization of efforts to provide affordable and clean energy to more and more people, while current trends make the SDG 7 targets seem elusive. Access to electricity and to clean cooking has advanced since 2015, but now it seems most low-hanging fruits have been picked. Deployment of renewable electricity is on a growing trend, whereas other kinds of renewable are lagging, and energy efficiency improvements seem to have reached a bottleneck. Time is running short and more focused policies and investment are fundamental to ensure the provision of sustainable energy for all by 2030.<strong>”</strong></p><p><strong>Guangzhe Chen, Vice President for Infrastructure, World Bank:</strong><i> </i>“Electricity access is essential for development, and we need to work extra hard for the 685 million people deprived of this resource – 10 million more than the year before. There are solutions to reverse this negative trend, including accelerating the deployment of solar mini grids and solar home systems. The World Bank is actively working to support this acceleration, and jointly with the African Development Bank we have committed to providing electricity to an additional 300 million people by 2030.”<i></i></p><p><strong>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization</strong>: “Air pollution and energy poverty are claiming lives, inflicting suffering and hindering development. Transitioning more rapidly to clean energy and cooking technologies is essential for protecting the health of the 2.1 billion people without access, and the health of the planet on which all life depends.”</p><p>The report can be accessed <a href="https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> </article></section> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div class="press_release_no section"> </div> <div class="redesign_title parbase section"> </div> <hr aria-hidden="true"> <div class="country_contacts parbase section"> <div class="lp__heading_v1"> <h2 class='h2'>Contacts</h2> </div> <div class="row">  <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <div class="lp__contacts_wrapper"> <address> Lucie Blythe<br/>World Bank<br/> </address> <div class="lp__email"><a data-customlink="em:body content" data-text="Email" href="mailto:lblyth1@worldbankgroup.org"> lblyth1@worldbankgroup.org</a></div> </div></div>   </div> <style> .lp__contacts_wrapper .lp__location { font-weight: 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