Improving Electricity Access for Low-Income Households in Zambia
In 2015, the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) approved a US$4.95 million grant to increase access to grid-based electricity services for 22,000 low-income households and 5,000 micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in urban and peri-urban areas through use of targeted subsidies, with the aim of reaching low-income communities who would otherwise have gone unserved.
Expanding Electricity to Low-Income Customers in Liberia
In 2011, GPOBA provided a grant to the local power utility, Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), to ensure broad-based and inclusive access to electricity and significantly improve living conditions among the poor in low-income households in Monrovia.
Extending Access to Clean Energy for Low-Income Households in Rural Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, a blended finance approach has been used to extend access to off-grid electricity for rural low-income households. An output-based aid (OBA) grant in combination with microcredit from local partner organizations (POs)—mostly nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with experience in microfinance—enhances affordability of clean energy technology for low-income consumers.
Output-Based Aid for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Nepal
The project was implemented in five municipalities -- Dhankuta, Ghorahi, Lalitpur, Pokhara, and Tansen -- which met certain operating and maintenance requirements. The project aimed to build upon the municipalities’ existing systems and make them more sustainable, rather than developing new systems.
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.
Solar Power Lights Up Rural Bolivia
GPOBA was instrumental in extending access to electricity to many remote communities, households and schools in Bolivia.
Working Together to Increase Access to Renewable Energy in Bangladesh
"Bangladesh has one of the world’s largest domestic solar power programs, covering 14 percent of the population.
Clean Energy Improves Lives and Boost Business in Rural Bangladesh
GPOBA has collaborated with the World Bank/IDA to help meet Bangladesh’s increased demand for electricity. "To preserve the environment and power up isolated off-the-grid areas, the country has invested heavily in green energy through solar home systems, solar irrigation pumps, and solar mini-grids.
Improving access to clean and renewable energy
Despite increases in access to electricity over the last two decades, approximately 1.1 billion people—still lacked access to electricity in 2014. While urban areas tend to be more electrified due to their proximity to grid connections, most of the world’s population without access to electricity lives in rural areas.
Instituting a Framework for Quality with Indepedent Verification Agents in Indonesia
Innovations related to the Indonesia’s Local Government Decentralization Project improved reporting and accountability of the government of Indonesia's intergovernmental transfer system for the infrastructure sector.
