Output-Based Aid and Energy : What Have We Learned So Far?

Worldwide, nearly 1.4 billion people live without access to electricity and nearly 2.7 billion people use traditional biomass fuels for cooking. One challenge to increasing reliable energy access for the poor is their limited ability to pay the up-...

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Main Authors: Kumar, Geeta, Mumssen, Yogita
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/13264722/output-based-aid-energy-learned-so-far
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spelling okr-10986-109092021-04-23T14:02:53Z Output-Based Aid and Energy : What Have We Learned So Far? Kumar, Geeta Mumssen, Yogita ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY AFFORDABILITY BARRIER BIOGAS BIOGAS PLANTS BIOMASS FUELS BUSINESS VOLUMES CAPITAL COST CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CARBON FINANCE CARBON FUND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COOKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DOWN PAYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY UTILITIES ELECTRICITY UTILITY EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTIONS ENERGY ACCESS ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY POVERTY ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SERVICES EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCING COSTS GAS DISTRIBUTION GRID EXPANSION GRID RURAL ELECTRIFICATION GRID SYSTEMS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION KEROSENE LINE OF CREDIT LIQUIDITY LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS MAINTENANCE COSTS MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MINI-GRIDS NATURAL GAS OPEN MARKET OUTPUT OUTPUTS POWER POWER PROJECT PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE FINANCE PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT REGULATORY REGIME RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS RURAL AREAS RURAL BANKS RURAL CONCESSION RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE QUALITY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOLAR HOME SOLAR HOME SYSTEM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL COSTS TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TRADITIONAL FUELS UNIVERSAL ACCESS URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES WOOD Worldwide, nearly 1.4 billion people live without access to electricity and nearly 2.7 billion people use traditional biomass fuels for cooking. One challenge to increasing reliable energy access for the poor is their limited ability to pay the up-front connection fees for electricity and natural gas. Output-based aid (OBA) approaches in which subsidy payments are linked to predefined outputs, such as installation of a working household connection or solar home system offers a potential solution that has increased energy access for more than 6.8 million poor beneficiaries. A recent World Bank review of OBA concludes that there is a case to adopt OBA more widely, where there is an enabling environment (Mumssen, Johannes, and Kumar, 2010). This note discusses lessons learned and best practices in implementing OBA in the energy sector. 2012-08-13T13:30:58Z 2012-08-13T13:30:58Z 2010-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/13264722/output-based-aid-energy-learned-so-far http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10909 English OBApproaches; Note No. 39 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY
AFFORDABILITY
BARRIER
BIOGAS
BIOGAS PLANTS
BIOMASS FUELS
BUSINESS VOLUMES
CAPITAL COST
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CARBON FINANCE
CARBON FUND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COOKING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
DOWN PAYMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ELECTRICITY UTILITIES
ELECTRICITY UTILITY
EMISSION
EMISSION REDUCTIONS
ENERGY ACCESS
ENERGY OUTLOOK
ENERGY POVERTY
ENERGY SECTOR
ENERGY SERVICES
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCING COSTS
GAS DISTRIBUTION
GRID EXPANSION
GRID RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
GRID SYSTEMS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
KEROSENE
LINE OF CREDIT
LIQUIDITY
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MINI-GRIDS
NATURAL GAS
OPEN MARKET
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
POWER
POWER PROJECT
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE FINANCE
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE PROVIDERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
REGULATORY REGIME
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL BANKS
RURAL CONCESSION
RURAL ELECTRICITY
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDER
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE QUALITY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOLAR HOME
SOLAR HOME SYSTEM
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TOTAL COSTS
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS
TRADITIONAL FUELS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
UTILITIES
WOOD
spellingShingle ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY
AFFORDABILITY
BARRIER
BIOGAS
BIOGAS PLANTS
BIOMASS FUELS
BUSINESS VOLUMES
CAPITAL COST
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CARBON FINANCE
CARBON FUND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COOKING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
DOWN PAYMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ELECTRICITY UTILITIES
ELECTRICITY UTILITY
EMISSION
EMISSION REDUCTIONS
ENERGY ACCESS
ENERGY OUTLOOK
ENERGY POVERTY
ENERGY SECTOR
ENERGY SERVICES
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCING COSTS
GAS DISTRIBUTION
GRID EXPANSION
GRID RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
GRID SYSTEMS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
KEROSENE
LINE OF CREDIT
LIQUIDITY
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MINI-GRIDS
NATURAL GAS
OPEN MARKET
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
POWER
POWER PROJECT
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE FINANCE
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE PROVIDERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
REGULATORY REGIME
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL BANKS
RURAL CONCESSION
RURAL ELECTRICITY
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDER
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE QUALITY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOLAR HOME
SOLAR HOME SYSTEM
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TOTAL COSTS
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS
TRADITIONAL FUELS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
UTILITIES
WOOD
Kumar, Geeta
Mumssen, Yogita
Output-Based Aid and Energy : What Have We Learned So Far?
relation OBApproaches; Note No. 39
description Worldwide, nearly 1.4 billion people live without access to electricity and nearly 2.7 billion people use traditional biomass fuels for cooking. One challenge to increasing reliable energy access for the poor is their limited ability to pay the up-front connection fees for electricity and natural gas. Output-based aid (OBA) approaches in which subsidy payments are linked to predefined outputs, such as installation of a working household connection or solar home system offers a potential solution that has increased energy access for more than 6.8 million poor beneficiaries. A recent World Bank review of OBA concludes that there is a case to adopt OBA more widely, where there is an enabling environment (Mumssen, Johannes, and Kumar, 2010). This note discusses lessons learned and best practices in implementing OBA in the energy sector.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Kumar, Geeta
Mumssen, Yogita
author_facet Kumar, Geeta
Mumssen, Yogita
author_sort Kumar, Geeta
title Output-Based Aid and Energy : What Have We Learned So Far?
title_short Output-Based Aid and Energy : What Have We Learned So Far?
title_full Output-Based Aid and Energy : What Have We Learned So Far?
title_fullStr Output-Based Aid and Energy : What Have We Learned So Far?
title_full_unstemmed Output-Based Aid and Energy : What Have We Learned So Far?
title_sort output-based aid and energy : what have we learned so far?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/13264722/output-based-aid-energy-learned-so-far
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10909
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