“In implementing the strategy described in section 4, the President should direct the United States representatives to appropriate international bodies to use the influence of the United States, consistent with the broad development goals of the United States, to advocate that each such body—“(1) commit to significantly increase efforts to promote investment in well-designed power sector and electrification projects in sub-Saharan Africa that increase energy access, in partnership with the private sector and consistent with the host countries’ absorptive capacity;
“(2) address energy needs of individuals and communities where access to an electricity grid is impractical or cost-prohibitive;
“(3) enhance coordination with the private sector in sub-Saharan Africa to increase access to electricity;
“(4) provide technical assistance to the regulatory authorities of sub-Saharan African governments to remove unnecessary barriers to investment in otherwise commercially viable projects; and
“(5) utilize clear, accountable, and metric-based targets to measure the effectiveness of such projects.
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