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Technology provides rural access to energy, empowers Burkinabe women
June 22 2010
Sector: Poverty Reduction, Pro-Poor Service Delivery & Improved Livelihoods
Region: N/A
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 6 May 2010—On the first day of her official visit to Burkina Faso, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) chief Helen Clark met yesterday with rural women farmers who benefit from a regional energy and food processing programme that is turning them into entrepreneurs while promoting local access to energy and rural development across the country.
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