...Access to modern energy services is a prerequisite for poverty eradication and economic development…Lack of access to modern energy services exposes the poor to health burdens and deprives them of a myriad of opportunities for human development…A significant share of the global population does not have access to reliable electricity services…The World Bank Group (WBG) faces the unprecedented challenge of assisting client nations in addressing the interrelated issues of persistent energy poverty and global climate change…To achieve the WBG’s energy vision, the Bank will focus on two strategic goals: 1) support increased energy services for the poor that are clean, reliable and sustainable; 2) assist the transition towards zero/ultra-low-carbon development…