Appendices

GPOBA derives its resources from donor contributions, which are channeled through trust funds administered by the World Bank Group. The World Bank recovers an administrative fee for costs associated with this task. GPOBA’s budget and accounting processes are aligned with the World Bank fiscal year, which runs from July to June.

Contributions Received

As of June 30, 2016, GPOBA’s donors have pledged a total of $337.9 million to the program, all of which has been received (see Table A1). In FY 2016, GPOBA received $2.2 million from donors (see Table A2).

Table A.1: Donor Contributions to GPOBA (in $millions)

Donor	Pledge	Received
DFID	112.81	112.81
IFC	97.80	97.80
DGIS	28.27	28.27
DFAT	37.49	37.49
SIDA	59.73	59.73
EU	1.80	1.80
Total	337.90	337.90

Table A.2: Receipt of Donor Contributions by Year (in $millions)

	FY04	FY05	FY06	FY07	FY08	FY09	FY10	FY11	FY12	FY13	FY14	FY15	FY16	Total
DFID	2.50	3.40	6.80	21.70	13.30	10.20	19.20	14.50	11.22	6.84	1.63	1.52		112.81
IFC			35.00		25.50			37.30						97.80
DGIS				11.00	8.00	9.27								28.27
DFAT				0.26		28.93			8.31					37.49
SIDA					6.90		8.90	2.20		20.80	3.04	15.68	2.21	59.73
EU						1.00				0.80				1.80
Total	2.50	3.40	41.80	32.96	53.70	49.40	28.10	54.00	19.53	28.44	4.67	17.20	2.21	337.90

Disbursements

GPOBA disbursements totaled $24.2 million in fiscal year 2016 (Table A3). Disbursements were made for activities approved in fiscal year 2016, as well as for activities approved in prior years that are implemented over multiple years.

Table A.3: GPOBA Disbursements in FY16

Program Management
a) Program Management and Center of Expertise	570,102
Sub total	570,102

Disbursement Related to FY15 Work Program
a) Technical Assistance	4,054,502
b) Project Supervision and Preparation	2,934,078
c) Subsidy funding	16,664,410
Sub total	23,652,989
Grand Total	24,223,092

Of the total disbursements this fiscal year, $23.6 million (97 percent) was related to the annual work program. Most of this amount ($16.7 million) was disbursement of subsidy funding for pilot projects under implementation, with the rest going to technical assistance, and preparation and supervision of projects. At $570,102, program management and administration represented 2 percent of total disbursements.

Single Audit Process

The World Bank Group has instituted an annual ‘single audit’ exercise for all trust funds. As part of this exercise, the GPOBA program manager signs a trust fund representation letter attesting to the correctness and completeness of the financial process for all GPOBA trust funds. The task manager for each approved activity is required to confirm that due diligence has been exercised with respect to the administration, management, and monitoring of the funds awarded for the activity, and has ensured that all expenses and disbursements are made in accordance with World Bank procurement and administrative guidelines.

Table B.1: Fully Implemented Projects

Country	Project name	Output description	Number of verified outputs	Number of beneficiaries
Armenia	Armenia Gas and Heating	Households with access to heating either through an individual connection or local boiler system	5,847	23,739
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development	Solar Home Systems	497,613	2,488,065
Bangladesh	Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development - Mini Grid Project	Mini grid and solar water pumps	2,184	8,500
Bolivia	Rural Electricity Access with Small-Scale Providers	Solar Home Systems and Pico-PV systems	11,755	60,815
Cameroon	Water Affermage Contract-OBA for Coverage Expansion	Households with water connections	25,254	151,524
Colombia	Access to Natural Gas	Households with gas connections	34,138	204,828
Ethiopia	Ethiopia Electricity Access Rural Expansion	Household electricity connections, including two compact fluorescent lamps	60,000	300,000
Ghana	Solar PV Systems to Increase Access to Electricity Services in Ghana	Solar Home Systems and solar lanterns	16,822	100,932
Honduras	National OBA Facility for Water and Sanitation Services	Households with water and sanitation connections	14,600	87,600
India	Improved Rural Community Water in Andhra Pradesh	Ultraviolet water purification systems providing access to clean water	25	77,878
India	Improved Electricity Access to Indian Slum Dwellers in Mumbai	Households with electricity connections	15	75
Indonesia	Expansion of Water Services in Low-income Areas of Jakarta	Households with water connections	5,042	25,210
Indonesia	Extending Telecommunications in Rural Indonesia	Internet locations	222	476,000
Indonesia	Expanding Piped Water Supply to Surabaya's Urban Poor	Households with water connections and Master meters	13,473	67,815
Kenya	Microfinance for Community-managed Water Projects	Households with water connections and Water Kiosks	17,500	202,000
Lesotho	Lesotho New Hospital PPP	Inpatient services at the new Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital and outpatient services at three peri-urban filter clinics	808,739	808,739
Mongolia	Mongolia Universal Access to Telecommunications	1) Public access to telephone network for herder communities; 2) Wireless network for Tariat soum center	1 public access telephone network and 2 wireless networks	22,315
Morocco	Improved Access to Water and Sanitation Services	Households with water and sanitation connections	12,426	62,130
Mozambique	Water Private Sector Contracts-OBA for Coverage Expansion	Households with water connections	33,407	601,326
Nepal	Biogas Support Programme	Biogas plants for rural households	26,363	184,541
Nigeria	Pre-paid Health Scheme	Medical Services	13,473	13,473
Philippines	Improved Access to Water Services in Metro Manila	Households with water connections	28,562	171,372
Philippines	Philippines Reproductive Health	Enrollments and vouchers for safe deliveries	99,319	453,440
Senegal	Access to On-Site Sanitation Services	Households benefitting from increased access to new sanitation facilities	11,495	103,455
Uganda	Reproductive Health Vouchers in Western Uganda	Safe deliveries and treatments of sexually transmitted diseases	97,248	162,838
Uganda	Kampala Water Connections for the poor	Water yard taps and Public Water Points.	7,524	129,900
Uganda	Small Towns Water Supply and Rural Growth Centers	Water yard taps, public water points	2,416	54,486
Vietnam	Upper Secondary Education Enhancement	Tuition Packages	8,145	8,145
Vietnam	Targeting Service Expansion through Water Loss Reduction	Households with water connections	35,344	176,720
Yemen	Safe Motherhood Program	Enrollments	16,878	33,756
Total			1,905,832	7,261,617

Table C.1: Grant Agreements

Country	Project Name	IDA	Grant Amount (US$m)	Planned # of beneficiaries	Average subsidy per person (US$)	Description
Armenia	Access to Gas & Heat Supply for Poor Urban Households in Armenia	IDA Blend	3.1	23,739	130.59	This project closed in December 2009, having improved access to gas and heating services for poor households in urban multi-apartment buildings, by subsidizing the cost of new service connections.
Bangladesh	Bangladesh rural solar home systems Scale up	IDA	15	1,210,000	12.4	GPOBA brings a pro-poor dimension to this scale-up, co-financed by the WBG, the Government of Bangladesh, and Partner Organizations/project sponsors. OBA financing makes access to off-grid electrification (SHS, mini-grids, solar irrigation pumps) and clean cooking (biogas plants) affordable to the poor in rural, remote areas through capital buy-down grants.
Bangladesh	Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development & Mini Grid Project	IDA	1.1	20,000	55	This project aims to help about 5,000 households, shops, and small and medium enterprises in rural Bangladesh to gain access to electricity by reducing the capital cost of mini-grid systems. The GPOBA grant will mean providers can charge a tariff that is affordable to the connected beneficiaries.
Bangladesh	Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development & Solar Home Systems Project	IDA	13.95	2,488,065	5.61	This project aims to increase access to energy services for poor people in rural areas of Bangladesh by addressing the issue of insufficient grid capacity through the installation of solar home systems (SHS).
Bolivia	Decentralized Electricity for Universal Access	IDA Blend	5.18	45,000	115	This project established direct connections and affordable access to electricity for poor Bolivian households and micro-enterprises in remote rural areas of Bolivia.
Cameroon	Cameroon Water Affermage contract - OBA for coverage expansion	IDA	5.25	240,000	21.88	This project will subsidize the cost of new connections to piped water for low- to middle-income households currently without access, and is expected to benefit around 240,000 people.
Colombia	Natural Gas Distribution for Low Income Families in the Caribbean Coast	IBRD	5.1	210,000	24.29	This project closed on July 31, 2008, having successfully connected 34,138 families to the natural gas distribution network along the Colombian Caribbean Coast.
Ethiopia	Ethiopia Electrification Access Rural Expansion Project	IDA	8	1,142,855	7	This OBA scheme helped EEPCo, a state-owned national utility, finance the cost of providing access to electricity for poor customers in rural towns and villages with grid access.
Ghana	Ghana: GAMA urban sanitation	IDA	4.8	132,000	36.36	The project is part of a larger IDA project to increase access to improved water and sanitation in the GAMA. The OBA component will benefit 6,600 households in low-income communities by partially subsidizing access to new and sustainable toilet facilities.
Ghana	Solar PV Systems to increase access to electricity	IDA	4.35	75,000	58	The GPOBA grant provides increased electricity access through renewable energy technology for poor households in remote rural regions of Ghana, to benefit 75,000 people.
Honduras	Extension of Water and Sanitation Services in Low income areas of Honduras	IDA	4.59	87,600	52.4	This project developed an OBA facility to establish an efficient and transparent mechanism for financing infrastructure in water and sanitation projects in Honduras
India	Improved Rural Community Water in Andhra Pradesh	IDA Blend	0.85	77,878	10.91	This project closed on December 31, 2009, having provided access to safe drinking water for 77,878 poor inhabitants of Andhra Pradesh through the development of 25 community water supply schemes.
India	Mumbai Improved Electricity Access to Indian Slum Dwellers Project	IDA Blend	1.65	131,250	12.57	The GPOBA grant subsidized the cost of electricity connections and wiring for inhabitants of the Shivajinagar slum in Mumbai.
Indonesia	Expanding Piped Water Supply to Surabaya's Urban Poor Project	IBRD	2.41	77,500	31.06	This OBA scheme has extended piped water connections to around 15,500 low-income households in Surabaya.
Indonesia	Expansion of Water Services in Low income areas of Jakarta	IDA Blend	2.57	58,150	44.25	This project brought water services to communities in low-income areas of Jakarta by funding one-off connection subsidies for an estimated 12,000 poor households.
Indonesia	Extending Telecommunications in Rural Indonesia	IBRD	1.87	758,210	2.46	This project facilitates access to the Internet and associated telecommunications and data services through Òcommunity access pointsÓ in poor areas, benefitting an estimated 758,210 people.
Kenya	Micro-finance for Small Water Schemes	IDA	3.09	106,267	29.09	This scheme increased access to and efficiency in water supply services for the poor in rural and peri-urban areas of Kenya through investments in around 35 community water projects.
Kenya	Kenya Electricity Expansion Project	IDA	5.15	264,000	19.51	This project uses GPOBA funds to scale up the Kenya Power and Lighting Company's model of delivering electricity connections in slums throughout Nairobi. The goal of this project is to scale up a method of connecting the urban poor through use of a small, but targeted, subsidy.
Kenya	Additional Financing to KEEP Project	IDA	3	54,000	55.56	The Government of Kenya (GoK) and the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) are seeking $75million to roll out the program across the nation. In the interim while they secure funds for the national roll out, GoK requested additional financing to scale-up the pilot, maintain the momentum of the ÒLast Mile ConnectionÓ program, and cater for the basic needs of the urban poor in informal settlements across the country.
Kenya	Kenya water OBA fund scale-up	IDA	11.84	150,000	78.93	This scale-up will help water services providers access loan finance from the domestic private sector to finance water and sanitation subprojects in municipal/county-owned utilities. GPOBA subsidies will benefit 30,000 low-income households under this initiative.
Kenya	Nairobi Sanitation	IDA	4.33	80,000	54.13	The Development Objective is to provide sustainable access to sanitation and water services in selected low-income communities of Nairobi, by applying one-off OBA subsidies in order to make pro-poor sewerage and water connections financially viable.
Lesotho	Lesotho Health PPP Project	IDA	6.25	500,000	12.5	The GPOBA grant will provide subsidies for inpatient services at a new 390-bed National Referral Hospital, and outpatient services at three semi-urban filter clinics that have been refurbished.Ê
Liberia	Monrovia Improved Electricity Access Project	IDA	10	80,000	125	The GPOBA grant off-sets part of the capital costs associated with building the transmission and distribution networks for Monrovia. The grant also subsidizes connection costs for individual households.
Mali	Mali Rural Electrification Hybrid System	IDA	5	130,000	38.46	The objective of the Project is to expand access to modern energy services in rural areas of the Recipient and to increase renewable energy generation in target areas.
Mongolia	Mongolia OBA Pilot Project of Universal Access Strategy	IDA	0.26	22,315	11.62	This project closed on October 31, 2008, having provided telephone services to around 20,000 members of herder communities, and telephone and internet services to around 22,315 residents of Tariat and Chuluut soum centers.
Morocco	Morocco Urban Water and Sanitation	IBRD	7	52,520	133.28	The project closed on December 31, 2012, having provided with access to safe water and improved sanitation for over 11,000 low-income households in disadvantaged peri-urban and rural neighborhoods of Casablanca, Meknes, and Tangiers.
Mozambique	Mozambique Water Private Sector Contracts & OBA for coverage expansion	IDA	5	468,000	10.68	This project aims to provide subsidized water connections for domestic consumers in Mozambique through the construction of shared yard taps, expected to benefit up to 468,000 people.
Nepal	Biogas Support Programme	IDA	5	184,541	27.09	The scheme subsidized approximately 26,000 biogas plants for rural Nepalese households to increase access to clean and affordable energy for cooking and lighting.
Nepal	Municipal Solid Waste Management	IDA	4.28	800,000	5.35	The project will support improvement in the quality and financial sustainability of solid waste management services in four participating municipalities targeting 800,000 beneficiaries.
Nigeria	Nigeria Pre-Paid Health Scheme Project	IDA	6.02	22,500	267.34	This OBA scheme aims to provide affordable pre-paid health insurance plans for up to 22,500 beneficiaries (employees and their families) who belong to the Computer and Allied Products Association (ÒCAPDANÓ) at the Ikeja IT village in Lagos.
Philippines	Improved Access to Water Services in the East Zone of Metro Manila Project	IBRD	2.85	123,084	23.15	This project provided affordable piped potable water to poor households in Metro Manila, benefitting over 170,000 people.
Philippines	Philippines Reproductive Health	IBRD	2.98	453,440	6.57	The project aims to increase access to affordable maternal and reproductive health services for around 200,000 low-income families
Philippines	Philippines Access to Sustainable Energy	IBRD	3	202,500	14.81	The project provides a capital buy-down subsidy to make solar energy (SHS) affordable to off-grid households. ASEP & PV mainstreaming will be implemented with program management services provided by a selected private corporation, LGUGC, in partnership with electric cooperatives (ECs). The program will target qualified ECs that will competitively select supply and installation contractors to both pre-finance and install the systems.
Senegal	On-Site Sanitation Project	IDA	5.76	103,500	55.69	This OBA subsidy scheme helped offset the cost of new sanitation facilities for an estimated 11,500 poor households.
Sri Lanka	Increasing household access to domestic sanitation in Greater Colombo	IDA Blend	5.08	77,035	65.94	Improving access to sanitation services in Greater Colombo (Sri Lanka) by increasing the number of house connections to existing and new sewerage networks, and improving on-site sanitation services at household level through rehabilitation of septic tanks and regulated desludging services.
Uganda	OBA in Kampala & Water Connections for the Poor	IDA	2.53	469,950	5.38	This scheme will provide a one-off connection subsidy to partially fund the cost of new domestic metered connections. The project envisages making about 20,000 new yard tap connections and installing about 800 new public water points over a period of three years.
Uganda	OBA in Water Supply in Uganda's Small Towns and Rural Growth Centers	IDA	3.21	51,972	61.71	This project increased access to sustainable water supply services for the poor living in selected small towns and rural growth centers, benefitting over 50,000 people.
Uganda	Reproductive Health Vouchers in Western Uganda	IDA	4.3	164,616	26.12	This project improved womenÕs access to trained medical professionals throughout pregnancy and provided subsidized STD treatment for over 160,000 poor Ugandans.
Uganda	Uganda Grid-Based OBA Facility Project	IDA	5.5	510,000	10.78	The OBA scheme provides subsidies to help fill the gap between what the user is willing to pay for connecting to the electricity grid, and what it costs the electricity distribution companies to make these connections.
Uganda	Uganda reproductive health voucher program scale-up	IDA	13.3	132,400	100.45	This scale-up project aims to use vouchers to subsidize the cost of reproductive health care for poor consumers in Uganda. The project will be implemented by UgandaÕs Ministry of Health, and is expected to contribute to over 132,000 safe deliveries.
Vanuatu	Improved Electricity Access	IDA	4.85	21,440	226.21	The Project Development Objective (PDO) for this operation is to increase sustainable access to formal grid-based electricity services within VanuatuÕs electricity concession service areas for low income consumers through targeted subsidies
Vietnam	Vietnam Rural Water (EMW)	IDA	4.5	176,720	25.46	This project brought safe water services to an estimated 30,000 poor families in rural Vietnam.
Vietnam	Vietnam Upper Secondary Education Enhancement Project	IDA	3	8,100	370.37	This pilot increased access to secondary education at semi-public and private schools for over 8,100 poor students. Subsidy payments to participating schools were made on condition of pre-agreed indicators that demonstrated both a student's attendance and educational attainment.
West Bank	Solid Waste Management		8.25	840,000	9.82	This project is designed to enable better quality, affordable, more efficient, and sustainable waste collection, transport, and safe disposal of waste in the West Bank.
Yemen	Yemen Safe Motherhood Program	IDA	3.91	30,000	130.41	The objective of this project is to provide sustainable maternal health services, including up to 15,000 safe child births, to poor women of reproductive age (15-49) in SanaÕa, Yemen.
Zambia	Zambia rural electrification	IDA	4.95	140,000	35.36	The project aims to provide 22,000 low-income households and 5,000 micro and small enterprises in urban and peri-urban areas of Zambia with access to grid-based electricity services. It builds upon the ongoing Increased Access to Electricity Services (IAES) project, co-financed by the WBG and the European Commission ($7 million).
Total			233.9	13,196,147

Table D.1: Disbursements as of June 30, 2015

Closed Projects

Country	Project Name	Project #	Grant Amount	Funds disbursed	Sector	Region
Armenia	Armenia Access to Heat/Gas	P103071	$3,100,000	$3,087,196	Energy	ECA
Bangladesh	Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development - Mini Grid Project	P119547	$1,100,000	$1,099,581	Energy	SAR
Bangladesh	Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development - SHS Project	P119549	$13,950,000	$13,950,000	Energy	SAR
Bolivia	Bolivia Rural Electricity Access with Small-Scale Providers	P102479	$5,175,000	$5,152,403	Energy	LAC
Cameroon	Cameroon Water Affermage contract - OBA for coverage expansion	P106794	$5,250,000	$1,816,259	Water	AFR
Colombia	Colombia Natural Gas	P102095	$5,085,000	$4,880,382	Energy	LAC
Ethiopia	Ethiopia Electricity Access Rural Expansion Project	P105651	$8,000,000	$451,290	Energy	AFR
Ghana	Solar PV Systems to Increase Access to Electricity Services in Ghana	P105617	$4,350,000	$4,065,021	Energy	AFR
Honduras	Extension of Water and Sanitation Services in Low income areas of Honduras	P102474	$4,590,000	$4,536,847	Water	LAC
India	Improved Electricity Access to Indian Slum Dwellers	P104649	$1,650,000	$40,901	Energy	SAR
India	India Naandi Foundation	P102472	$850,000	$834,276	Water	SAR
Indonesia	Expanding Piped Water Supply to Surabaya's Urban Poor	P105590	$2,407,500	$1,084,391	Water	EAP
Indonesia	Expansion of Water Services in Low income areas of Jakarta	P102529	$2,573,140	$1,743,902	Water	EAP
Indonesia	Extending Telecommunications in Rural Indonesia	P102476	$1,868,340	$1,516,534	Telecom	EAP
Kenya	Microfinance for Community-managed Water Projects	P104075	$3,087,630	$2,597,119	Water	AFR
Lesotho	Lesotho New Hospital PPP	P104403	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	Health	AFR
Mongolia	Mongolia Univ Access to Tele	P102488	$259,400	$257,335	Telecom	EAP
Morocco	Improved Access to Water and Sanitation Services Project	P102527	$7,000,000	$6,999,766	Water	MNA
Mozambique	Water Private Sector Contracts OBA for coverage expansion in Mozambique	P104945	$5,000,000	$4,768,183	Water	AFR
Nepal	Biogas Support Programme in Nepal	P103979	$5,000,000	$4,974,979	Energy	SAR
Nigeria	Pre-paid Health Scheme Pilot in Nigeria	P104405	$6,015,160	$4,128,973	Health	AFR
Philippines	Manila Water Supply	P106775	$2,850,000	$2,063,573	Water	EAP
Senegal	On-Site Sanitation Project	P102478	$5,764,000	$5,099,544	Water	AFR
Uganda	Reproductive Health Vouchers in Western Uganda	P104527	$4,300,000	$4,046,688	Health	AFR
Uganda	OBA in Kampala - Water Connections for the Poor	P104943	$2,527,100	$1,509,455	Water	AFR
Uganda	OBA in Water Supply in Uganda's Small Towns and Rural Growth Centers	P102462	$3,207,000	$2,414,031	Water	AFR
Vietnam	Vietnam Education Project	P118797	$3,000,000	$2,896,389	Education	EAP
Vietnam	Vietnam Rural Water (EMW)	P104528	$4,500,000	$4,499,967	Water	EAP
Yemen	Yemen Safe Motherhood Program	P104946	$3,912,190	$3,555,225	Health	MNA
Total for Closed Projects			$122,621,460	$100,320,212

Projects Under Implementation

Country	Project Name	Project #	Grant Amount	Cumulative Disbursements	Sector	Region
Bangladesh	Scale-Up for Bangladesh Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development	P154576	$15,000,000	$1,070,825	Energy	EAP
Ghana	Urban Sanitation Facility for Greater Accra	P145139	$4,850,000	$724,113	Sanitation	AFR
Kenya	Kenya Electricity Expansion Project	P125388	$5,150,000	$4,954,424	Energy	AFR
Kenya	Nairobi Sanitation Project	P131512	$4,330,000	$500,000	Sanitation	AFR
Kenya	Urban Water and Sanitation OBA Fund for Low Income Areas Project	P132979	$11,835,000	$1,000,000	Water	AFR
Liberia	Monrovia Improved Electricity Access Project	P110723	$10,000,000	$8,214,094	Energy	AFR
Mali	Rural Electrification Hybrid System	P146287	$5,000,000	$822,108	Energy	AFR
Nepal	Nepal Solid Waste Management	P130461	$4,288,381	$504,569	SWM	SAR
Philippines	Philippines Reproductive Health	P115184	$2,977,530	$1,979,543	Health	EAP
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Sanitation	P111161	$5,080,000	$558,913	Sanitation	SAR
Uganda	Energy for Rural Transformation Project	P120108	$5,500,000	$4,222,610	Energy	AFR
Uganda	Uganda Reproductive Health Voucher Program II - Scale Up	P144102	$13,300,000	$500,000	Health	AFR
Vanuatu	Improved Electricity Access	P133701	$4,850,000	$436,438	Energy	EAP
West Bank	West Bank Solid Waste Management	P132268	$8,256,623	$7,135,051	SWM	MNA
Zambia	Electricity Access for low income households in Zambia	P146636	$4,950,000	$0	Energy	AFR
Total for On-going Projects			$105,367,534	$32,622,688
Grant Total			$227,988,994	$132,942,899

Table E.1: Inn-oba-tions Awards Winners in FY15

Award Category	Project Name	Sector	Project Summary
Pioneer Award	West Bank Solid Waste Mangement	Solid Waste Management	The Solid Waste Management OBA pilot in the West Bank improves access to solid waste management (SWM) services in the poorer part of Southern West Bank. Al-Minya landfill, the only facility for sanitary treatment and disposal of solid waste in the area, is operated through the first ever public-private partnership (PPP) in the Palestinian Territories, a collaboration among IFC, the World Bank, and GPOBA. The first successful SWM project using OBA, the project is operating in a challenging environment affected by conflict and violence, and has expanded the potential for OBA beyond traditional sectors, partners, and country contexts. Approximately 840,000 citizens of Bethlehem and Hebron governorates are now benefitting from improved SWM services.
Collaboration Award	Energy for Rural Transformation Project	Energy	The Uganda Grid Based OBA Facility: Energy for Rural Transformation II supports improved access to electricity for poor households by subsidizing connection fees in peri-urban and rural areas throughout Uganda. The highly collaborative project is based on a PPP between the government of Uganda (GoU) and service providers, and includes strong collaboration between the GoU and the World Bank/IDA, GPOBA and KfW. To date, the project has reached 75 percent of its target, with 102,000 households connected to electricity supplies.
Social Inclusion/Green Award	Moldova Biomass Heating and Energy Conservation Project	Energy	The Moldova Biomass Heating and Energy Conservation Project is one of the first energy efficiency projects developed by the World Bank Group utilizing the innovative RBF mechanism linked to Green House Gas mitigation. It improves heating services and efficiency of public buildings in poor rural communities, including autonomous minority regions, in Moldova. The project is the first to issue Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) in Moldova, with revenues derived from sales of CERs reinvested in additional energy efficiency improvements. Overcoming technical and regulatory challenges, the project achieved a milestone in 2015: the issuance of 89,500 CERs corresponding to mitigation activities and increasing the flow of revenues to the client.
The Governance Award	Indonesia Local Government Decentralization Project	Governance	The Indonesia Local Government and Decentralization Project improves accountability and reporting in the central governmentÕs Specific Purpose Grants for basic infrastructure: roads, irrigation, water and sanitation. Using output-based disbursements, it supports the effectiveness of grant transfers to local government by ensuring that they deliver expected outputs. Begun as a pilot for 78 local governments, the project has been so successful that the government is scaling up the approach nationwide; by 2018, it will cover about 460 local governments. All project units and functions are already embedded within local government institutions. The strengthening of existing local capacities and country systems promotes sustainability and supports the governmentÕs ability to verify outputs from any future investment projects.

Table F.1: GPOBA Team in 2015

Catherine C. O'Farrell	Head
Rajesh Advani	Senior Infrastructure Specialist
Inga Afanasieva	Infrastructure Specialist
Kavitha M. Arunasalam	Voice Secondee (Sri Lanka)
Sylvestre Bea	Infrastructure Specialist
Oxana Bricha	Senior Program Assistant
Daniel Coila	Operations Analyst
Stephanie Eskins-Gleason	Learning Specialist
Raluca Golumbeanu	Infrastructure Specialist
Saúl E. González	Senior Knowledge Management Assistant
Oleh P. Khalayim	Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Hywon Cha Kim	Knowledge Management Officer
Charis Lypiridis	Infrastructure Specialist
Jessica A. Lopez	Operations Officer
Molly McCloskey	Communications Specialist
Constance Polite	Program Assistant
Juliet Pumpuni	Senior Infrastructure Specialist
Anas Shahada	Voice Secondee (West Bank and Gaza)
Pia Schneider	Lead Evaluation Officer
Zaruhi Tokhmakhyan	Senior Infrastructure Specialist
Leslie Villegas	Infrastructure Specialist
Dilshod B. Yusupov	Knowledge Management Specialist