Building the Market for Urban Sanitation in Ghana
In Ghana, output-based aid (OBA) was used to improve affordability for households in crowded low-income areas of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) to invest in improved household toilets. OBA was provided as a subsidy to reduce the upfront cost for toilets and stimulate demand, which in turn made it more attractive for financial institutions to enter this market.
Expanding Electrification to Low-income Households in Rural Ghana with Microfinance
In Ghana, blended finance helped improve affordability for rural Ghanaian household investments in off-grid renewable energy technologies. Local banks extended credit blended with concessional finance from the World Bank to rural low-income households for acquisition, installation and maintenance of solar home systems (SHSs).
Maximizing Finance for Development through RBF
Given the significant financing gap to meet the needs of developing countries and achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals*, governments, multilaterals and other development partners are increasingly looking to the private sector to help fill this gap.
Lessons Learned Ghana Solar Home Systems
The webinar will discuss the project in detail, exploring how RBF can be used to maximize financing for development in renewable energy.
Output-Based Aid Attracts Private Sector for Sanitation Projects in Ghana
Dr. Bertha Darteh of Ghana's MInistry of Local Government and Rural Development describes how output-based aid (OBA) provided incentives for private sector providers to bid on sanitation contracts.
Innovations in Development Finance Webinar - Sanitation project in Accra, Ghana
Webinar organized by the World Bank's Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) on the use of results-based financing in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area sanitation project
GPOBA supports extension of sanitation facilities in Accra's low-income areas
Accra, March 31, 2015 – The World Bank, acting as administrator of the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) has signed a US$4.85 million grant agreement with the Government of Ghana to provide sustainable toilet facilities in low income areas of Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana’s largest metropolitan region.
GPOBA Supports Increased Electricity Access for Rural Poor in Ghana Through Solar Energy Systems
News Release no. 2008/8
In Washington:
Cathy Russell, tel. (+1) 202 458 8124 crussell@worldbank.org
In Accra:
Kafu Kofi Tsikata, tel. (+233) 21 214100 ktsikata@worldbank.org
