This event will allow participants to reflect on the synergies between development of the energy sector and boosting productive capacities, commodity diversification and fostering structural economic transformation. It will assist in formulating a diverse set of policies and strategies on sustainable, reliable and affordable energy reflecting the diversity of circumstances facing landlocked developing countries (LLDCs). These policies will help accelerate industrialization and economic diversification, including value addition through building the productive capacities of LLDCs. Governments of LLDCs, with the support of their development partners, could enhance public and private investment in the energy sector including through public private partnerships. LLDC governments can also play an active role in developing energy access at every scale, for example, by directly building and enabling investment in their energy infrastructure, but also by undertaking effective policies such as providing tax breaks or subsidies to encourage energy generation and distribution reaching every level, from smallholder farmers and SMEs to large international enterprises.
