Beneath and above the streets of Ulsan's Eco-Industrial Park (EIP), a network of pipelines carries steam from a municipal waste incineration facility to nearby factories. What was once a disposal problem has become a shared energy source, cutting costs for manufacturers and emissions for the city.
For Rwanda, this is more than a technical curiosity. It may offer a way to build competitive manufacturing, and creating jobs, while avoiding the trade-offs that have shaped industrialization elsewhere.
Through the World Bank-supported Green Industrialization through Industrial Parks and Special Economic Zones (GIIPS) program, financed by the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF), Rwanda is strengthening the policy, institutional, and infrastructure foundations for a new generation of industrial parks.
Read the full World Bank feature story here.