[{"bbox": [97, 152, 485, 178], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [97, 178, 1146, 364], "category": "Text", "text": "Access to energy in rural areas has the potential to open the door for a range of opportunities for growth and economic development, thus being key to securing social stability. By extending the grid network or bringing decentralized solutions to access electricity, the potential for turmoil by a growing jobless youth population, or other subjacent conflicts, would eventually be attenuated. Appropriate access to energy contributes to the reduction of regional disparities across the country and cements its integrity. Energy is a stabilising element to prevent or to smooth migration flow patterns that can have potential negative impacts. Therefore, access to energy increases security and the resilience of communities facing external and internal shocks."}, {"bbox": [97, 389, 334, 413], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [97, 414, 1146, 548], "category": "Text", "text": "Getting access to information through classic media such as television or radio but also via new mobile applications allows to increase the level of preparation against unexpected external shocks, to organize and implement emergency response or to increase resilience thanks to the transfer of knowledge and technologies. Without reliable and affordable access to electricity, local and national authorities will be constrained for implementing disaster risk reduction plans and to ensure populations' readiness and awareness."}, {"bbox": [85, 595, 422, 623], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [85, 637, 1167, 1586], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Macro-economic stability. Debt sustainability.</td><td>Risk 1</td><td>M</td><td>H</td><td>Continue promoting improved and transparent public finance management.</td></tr><tr><td>Ongoing reform of the electricity sector, including the merging of public companies and extinction of concessions.</td><td>Risk 2</td><td>H</td><td>M</td><td>Maintain technical advisory services to MEDM (EU technical assistance support and donor coordination)<br>Keep active bilateral and multiconors policy dialogue (Active participation in policy task forces).</td></tr><tr><td>Failure to attract investment for rural electrification and increase affordability of energy.</td><td>Risk 3</td><td>M</td><td>H</td><td>Increase access to concessional loans and subsidies to de-risk investments in the sector.</td></tr><tr><td>Lack of capacity to implement projects.</td><td>Risk 4</td><td>L</td><td>M</td><td>Provision of technical assistance to ensure timely and quality implementation.</td></tr><tr><td>Market distortion.</td><td>Risk 5</td><td>L</td><td>L</td><td>Public tendering to ensure competition.</td></tr><tr><td>Structural (social, cultural, economic) constraints affecting gender equitable access to energy services are a risk and may hinder outcomes and sustainability of the action.</td><td>Risk 6</td><td>L</td><td>L</td><td>Gender analysis to be elaborated during feasibility studies phase.</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1140, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 21"}]