UN report says “sound bioenergy policies” could lift West Africa out of poverty: free download

The United National Nations Foundation and UEMOA (the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa) released a new report on biofuels production potential in Africa, finding that “sound bioenergy policies could help lift West African rural areas out of poverty.” The report concluded that “donor and host country investments in bioenergy can reduce the exposure of West African countries to high food and oil prices and open up new economic opportunities in clean energy development.” The report highlights opportunities in Benin, Burkina-Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo, and is available for free download here.

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