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This is one of four documents of a
series presenting the results of studies, workshops and
action plans recently undertaken for four sub-Saharan
African countries (Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania and Tanzania)
on the elimination of lead in gasoline. This document
describes the work realized in Ethiopia. These four
countries have the particularity of being oil importing
countries without local refining capability. The transition
to unleaded gasoline should therefore theoretically be
easier to implement in such a context than in oil-producing
or oil-refining countries. Several technical issues (such as
the definition of specifications) and regulatory issues must
however be resolved in order to eliminate lead from gasoline
in these countries. This is precisely the goal of the
studies realized in these four oil-importing countries.
These studies and workshops are financed by The Energy
Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) which plays a
decisive role towards the transfer of technology and
knowledge in energy sector management to governments of
developing countries and of economies in transition. By
bringing its own resources and expertise, ESMAP strengthens
the partnership of the Clean Air Initiative in sub-Saharan
African Cities. This ESMAP contribution also allows for
reaching the goal set during the Dakar conference of June
2001: the complete elimination of leaded gasoline in
sub-Saharan Africa as soon as possible, at the latest by 2005.
