Output-Based Aid in Armenia : Connecting Poor Urban Households to Gas Service
Gas-based heating offers a clean, efficient, low-cost heating solution for poor urban households in Armenia, a country with severe winters. But many low-income households cannot afford the cost of connecting to gas networks and heating facilities o...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10329681/output-based-aid-armenia-connecting-poor-urban-households-gas-service http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10998 |
| Summary: | Gas-based heating offers a clean,
efficient, low-cost heating solution for poor urban
households in Armenia, a country with severe winters. But
many low-income households cannot afford the cost of
connecting to gas networks and heating facilities or the
cost of heating equipment. To help these families benefit
from gas-based heating, Global Partnership on Output Based
Aid (GPOBA) and the World Bank are funding a scheme that
provides grants to eligible poor households for individual
heating solutions, based on a gas heater, or local heating
solutions, based on a boiler. Disbursement of the funds is
tied to the delivery of preagreed outputs, creating
incentives for the service providers to ensure timely
completion of the installation work and early delivery of
gas or heat supply. Up to 10,000 poor urban households
(4,600 through the GPOBA funds) are expected to benefit. |
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