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Publication date: 2016
Author: CMS
Description: Law no. 24-94 dated 23 August 1994 relating to the Hydrocarbon Code (the ‘Hydrocarbon Code’) governs the prospecting, research, exploitation and transportation of oil and gas in the Republic of Congo.
Publication date: 2015
Author: GEF / UNDP
Description: The overarching goal of the project is to contribute to the Congolese Government’s goal of increasing the rate of rural electrification (the 2006 policy goal was to increase it from 5% to 50% by 2015 but that target will not be achieved) and also to avoid emissions of greenhouse gases by improving the enabling environment of small hydro (SHP) mini-grid projects.
Publication date: 2014, January
Author: CCSI
Description: Congo Brazzaville has the 5th largest proven oil and gas reserves in SSA.
Publication date: 2013, September
Author: IMF
Description: This paper assesses the Republic of Congo’s discussions in 2013 Article IV Consultation. Though having abundance of natural resources, notably oil and iron ore, Congo has achieved limited progress in poverty alleviation, and remains vulnerable to external shocks. Weak governance and business conditions are significant constraints to private sector development and growth inclusiveness.
Publication date: 2012, September
Author: AfDB
Description: The Rural Electrification Project is part of a national programme for the electrification, from the interconnected electricity grid, of 53 rural centres in 10 of the 12 Departments of Congo.
Publication date: 2012
Author: wbcsd
Description: eni is a leading global energy company with operations in 79 countries and activities in oil and gas production, refining and marketing, electricity generation and sale, petrochemicals, oilfield services construction and engineering.
Publication date: 2009, November
Author: HBS
Description: One country with very poor energy access is Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), a small central African state where 70% of the population live under the poverty line, despite the country’s oil wealth. Congo, besides being sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth largest oil producer, is also rich in the biodiversity of its forests, which cover two thirds of the country. The Congo Basin forest is both a key resource for local people and a giant carbon sink that plays an increasingly vital role in protecting our climate.
Publication date: 2009, February
Author: IMF
Description: This Selected Issues paper for the Republic of Congo was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on November 21, 2008 The views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the government of the Republic of Congo or the Executive Board of the IMF.
Publication date: 2002, July
Author: CIA
Description: CIA - Congo (Brazzaville) Handbook.
Nairobi, KENYA