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COMMENT 4-5 Clean living 35 SPECIAL FEATURE 6-21 36
Inclusive energy transitions 6-7
Introduction
8-9 The OPEC Fund: Committed to energy for life
10-13 An optimal moment in history: Interview with SEforALL's Damilola Ogunbiyi
14-15 Innovation and technology for energy: Interview with IAEA's Mikhail Chudakov
16-17 Accelerating access and transition: Interview with IDB's Ariel Yépez-Garcia
18-19 Africa's energy transition: Interview with African Development Bank's Daniel Schroth
20-21 Clean cooking IN THE FIELD
22-27 22 Introduction
23-25 Energy boost for a cleaner future 26-27 Improving lives of small-scale farmers in Rwanda
DEVELOPMENT NEWS 28-37 28 29 30 31
Partnering for renewable energy and more jobs in Nepal
Bolstering Uzbekistan’s SME sector
Creating job opportunities in Jordan
Small businesses in Honduras receive boost
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34 Reviving Maldives' tourism sector
Improving connectivity in The Gambia
Improving climate resilience of rural Honduran communities
Promoting socio-economic growth and connectivity in Bangladesh
New growth for oil seeds project in Uganda
OPEC Fund and Arab Coordination Group support global education campaign
SPOTLIGHT 38-41 EVENT 42 43 26-27
OPEC Fund co-financed water & sanitation project wins prize Announcement made at AGFUND's virtual award ceremony
MEETINGS & CONFERENCES
April – July 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 2020
44-45 46-47
NEW PROJECTS Recently approved/signed projects PHOTO: Warren Parker/
Shutterstock.com 3
Highlights from the OPEC Fund's Annual Report
PHOTO: Energy 4 Impact 2019 36
EBRD Green Cities Striving to build better and more sustainable cities by EBRD's Nigel Jollands and Lin O’Grady
RECOGNITION 48-50 50 23-25
48-49 OPEC Fund co-financed energy project in Côte d'Ivoire wins IJ Global Award
Inaugural credit rating of AA+ from Fitch Ratings
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