Rural Energy Development Programme for Rural Development in Nepal

摘要

Despite continued economic growth, Poverty reduction remains a profound challenge in Asia and the Pacific Region. With 800 million people remain in abject poverty; it is thought that this is the major contributor to increased pressure on the environment and natural resource and major barriers to the sustainable development. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP's) second Regional Cooperation Framework places poverty reduction at the center for achieving sustainable development. The rising oil price has needed an urgent attention toward achieving better energy efficiency and put the developing countries in enormous strain and diluted their development possibilities. Energy affects practically all aspects of social and economic development, including livelihoods, water, agriculture, population, health, education, job creation, and gender-related issues and thus is the center of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG), UNDP's focuses on economic growth and poverty reduction by creating equitable access to affordable, reliable and clean energy services. UNDP has the largest energy portfolio among all UN agencies and has spent more than USD 1.96 billion in 370 energy projects in 159 countries over the period of 1996-2003.