Connecting Colombia's Poor to Natural Gas Services : Lessons Learned from a Completed Output-Based Aid Project

Connecting Colombia's Poor to Natural Gas Services : Lessons Learned from a Completed Output-Based Aid Project

The Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) has recently completed a project that made 35,000 new natural gas connections to poor households in Colombia's Caribbean coastal region. This partnership between GPOBA and Fundacion Promigas (...

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Main Author:	Mandri-Perrott, Cledan
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AIR POLLUTION APPROACH AUDITS AVAILABILITY CITY PLANNING COMMUNITIES CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS CROSS SUBSIDY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ELECTRICITY ENERGY SOURCES EXCHANGE RATE EXPOSURE FUEL FUELS GAS CONNECTION GAS CONNECTIONS GAS DISTRIBUTION GAS SERVICES GAS TRANSMISSION GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES HOLDING COMPANY HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES INCOME INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERVENTIONS LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LOCAL CURRENCY LOCAL DISTRIBUTION LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES NATURAL GAS NEIGHBORHOODS OUTPUT OUTPUTS PAYMENT MECHANISMS PETROLEUM RATE OF RETURN REGULATOR RURAL AREAS SAVINGS TRADITIONAL FUELS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN PLANNING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/12365701/connecting-colombias-poor-natural-gas-services-lessons-learned-completed-output-based-aid-project http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10945

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Summary:	The Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) has recently completed a project that made 35,000 new natural gas connections to poor households in Colombia's Caribbean coastal region. This partnership between GPOBA and Fundacion Promigas (a charitable foundation established by Colombian gas distribution holding company, Promigas) has resulted in substantial benefits to Colombia's poor population. Because in-home natural gas connections provide a safer, more environmentally friendly, and less expensive substitute to previously used fuels, poor families are enjoying the long-term advantages from this program's one-time subsidies. This note explores the results of this program and draws lessons for future projects.