energy for sust ainable development 2 access to is steadily improving over the past fi fteen years progress has been made in electrifi cation all developing regions however rates south asia and sub saharan africa remain a half quarter of those rest world liquefi ed petroleum gas distribution networks household consump tion are growing some cases replacing traditional biomass with environmental social economic benefi ts switch modern sources can be particular t women girls terms health schooling productive employment sustainable use closely linked poverty reduction provision vital services yet production consumption have adverse effects on local regional global environment efforts underway across globe improve increase effi ciency reduce air pollution shift cleaner 0 20 40 60 80 100 households dev g east & middle latin america north 1990 2003 electrification source
