According to Lighting Africa, a joint World Bank - International Finance Corporation program developed to increase access to clean sources of energy for lighting, 589 million people in the continent live without access to a public electricity facility.

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S. in Finance program, about 85% of Ms. Ding's class is international, and the school says a large share of those students are from Asia.

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