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Publication date: 2020, September
Author: UNDP
Description: Renewable energy is critical to unlocking Sudan’s development potential, particularly in agriculture, and addressing poverty, gender inequality and other challenges. In this report, Empowering Sudan: Renewable Energy Addressing Poverty & Development, we assess the potential role for renewable energy as a means for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. The report outlines the current status of energy, poverty, gender and sector policy in Sudan, and provides a national strategic roadmap of 69 recommended policies and measures for expanding access to sustainable and affordable energy.
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Publication date: 2017, December
Author: IMF
Description: This paper on Sudan 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 13, 2017.
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Publication date: 2017
Author: Uppsala University
Description: Sudan is in the midst of energy transition after it lost its oil-rich south in a referendum in 2011. The country also intends to contribute in combatting climate change affects. It is a challenging task for a country like Sudan since it’s primitive non-environmentally friendly energy practices have and continue to be the country’s largest energy source. The country realized the importance of renewable energies in helping with this transition and set goals. In this study we identify solar energy as being one important renewable energy that Sudan needs to turn towards. Ways of adopting such technology and key areas in which Sudan needs to address are also discussed hereunder.
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Publication date: 2016, September
Author: SEDCo
Description: Sudan population is estimated 36 millions, 56% of them lives in rural areas; Electrification Rate: ≈40%, including generation by the localities. 55% of urban people and only 29% of rural people have access to electricity; Some remote rural areas are sparsely populated thus the cost of local power supply or grid connection is too high; Energy is a major tool for poverty alleviation, income generation, health, and other developmental agendas.
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Publication date: 2016, February
Author: UNDP
Description: The Darfur Solar Electrification Project (hereinafter called “the Project”) is grounded in the outcome of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) signed in 2011 between the Government of Sudan and the Darfur Regional Authority DRA), which built the foundation for strengthens the peace and development processes.
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Publication date: 2015, November
Author: Ministry of Investment
Description: Out lines:
- General Facts about Sudan including location;
- Economic Performance and policies;
- Investment laws & Incentives;
- Resources and Infrastructural build up;
- The way forward.
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Publication date: 2013
Author: RCREEE
Description: Country profile - 2012
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Publication date: 2012
Author: UNEP
Description: The route out of conflict over natural resources is essentially a trajectory towards sustainable and equitable environmental governance. Understanding this route and building relevant practical responses is a priority for Darfur’s early recovery programme, and for efforts to mitigate risks of conflict over resources elsewhere in Sudan. The report provides a baseline assessment of the policy and institutional context in Sudan. The environmental sectors are growing in economic significance in the face global environmental change and economic developments such as the increasing importance of agriculture.
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Publication date: 2010, March
Author: University of Khartoum
Description: Electricity industry was considered a textbook natural monopoly. Accordingly, governments are the best able to manage the large amounts of capital necessary to develop the sector and bear the long time costs recovery. This dogma has been in doubt in early 1990’s and evolution of electricity industry reforms around the world started. The development of an electricity reform strategy based on the market economy that in troduces competition is of importance for providing a stable and favorable environment for investments and service quality. Drawing from international experience, this paper provides a framework and options for electricity industry reform in Sudan.
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Publication date: 2001, June
Author: IEJ
Description: Sudan is an agricultural country with fertile land, plenty of water resources, livestock, forestry resources and agricultural residues. An overview of the energy situation in Sudan is introduced with reference to the end uses and regional distribution. Energy sources are divided into two main types: conventional energy (biomass, petroleum products, and electricity); and non-conventional energy (solar, wind, hydro, etc.).
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