Colombia: Access to Natural Gas

Grant Funding|Activity Status: Closed
  • Sector
    Energy
  • Country
    Colombia
    Region
    Latin America and Caribbean
  • Amount
    $5.1 million
  • Approval Date
    February 01, 2006
    Closing Date
    July 31, 2008
  • Donors
    International Finance Corporation (IFC)
    United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Project website World Bank project information

Overview

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Since the 1990s, Colombia has made significant strides to allow access to natural gas connections for poor households. Natural gas is the least polluting among the traditional fuels used for cooking and heating, is far cheaper, and much safer. GPOBA’s Access to Natural Gas project encouraged poor communities in the costal areas of Columbia to use natural gas by providing a partial subsidy to reduce the burden of paying for the new gas connection.