Challenges in the Energy Sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: An Evaluation of 18 Years of Swiss Economic Cooperation
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Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has been working in the energy sectors of Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 1992, financing 41 projects to the value of CHF 316 million. In 2009 an independent evaluation was commissioned to assess the effects of these projects in the region and to draw lessons for future project funding. The evaluation found the projects to be highly satisfactory in terms of relevance, satisfactory in terms of effectiveness and sustainability, and — because of external factors relating to governance, transparency and political stability in a country — generally unsatisfactory in terms of efficiency.
Lessons drawn from the successful projects will be used to further improve them in the future. With limited financial resources governments are attempting to find a balance between energy security and environmental sustainability. SECO will support this mission by helping to reduce inefficient consumption, to increase the share of renewable energy, to strengthen the sustainability of utility companies and to develop effective energy policies.
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official development assistance (ODA), policy coherence, aid effectiveness, energy efficiency, technology transferGeographic keywords:
Asia Central, Europe Eastern and Russia, Europe Western and Central, SwitzerlandPara citar este artículo
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Guy Bonvin, «Challenges in the Energy Sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: An Evaluation of 18 Years of Swiss Economic Cooperation», International Development Policy | Revue internationale de politique de développement [En línea], 2 | 2011, Publicado el 24 mayo 2011, consultado el 28 marzo 2024. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/poldev/757; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/poldev.757
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