The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) is a global technical
assistance partnership administered by the World Bank and sponsored by bi-lateral official
donors, since 1983. ESMAP’s mission is to promote the role of energy in poverty reduction and
economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner. Its work applies to low-income,
emerging, and transition economies and contributes to the achievement of internationally agreed
development goals. ESMAP interventions are knowledge products including free technical
assistance, specific studies, advisory services, pilot projects, knowledge generation and
dissemination, trainings, workshops and seminars, conferences and roundtables, and publications.
ESMAP work is focused on four key thematic programs: energy security, renewable energy,
energy-poverty and market efficiency and governance.