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    World Bank Renewable Energy Financing Reaches Record Level

    By Ma. Rizza Leonzon // 15 September 2009

    The World Bank's financing for renewable energy initiatives in developing nations has reached a record level of $3.3 billion in the past fiscal year, the

    reports. The sum, which backed 99 projects in 48 countries, represents a 24 percent increase from the previous year's renewable energy funding.

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