Full Title: Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE)
Author(s): Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
Publisher(s): The World Bank and ESMAP
Publication Date: August 14, 2025
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Description (excerpt):
Since the publication of the previous (2022) RISE edition, progress toward universal electrification reversed course for the first time in 20 years. About 685 million people, most of them living in Sub-Saharan Africa, lacked access in 2022. While RISE electricity access scores climbed in many countries between 2021 and 2023, progress in fragile states stalled due to structural barriers and instability. Most countries with substantial unelectrified populations have high RISE scores, but this has not translated into significant electrification gains, because access requires more than sound policies. Expanding access requires capacity for implementation, together with efforts to address barriers to affordability and financing, and challenging environments for doing business.