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Improved stoves for schools in East Africa-An RBF intervention to incentivise improved cooking stoves

Created Feb 21 2017, 12:00 AM by Julian Sosa Valles
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Project Name:

Improved stoves for schools in East Africa-An RBF intervention to incentivise improved cooking stoves

 

Sector:

Energy Access

 

RBF Instrument:

Periodic incentive payment (occurred in two stage after verified result achieved)

 

Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Avoided:

Unknown

 

Budget (USD):

Ranging from US $47,000 to US $70,000

 

Project Sponsor:

World Bank provided 90% of the funding.

 

Description:

The annual value of savings for one school investing in efficient stoves that reduce fuel consumption by 50–70 per cent could be between

US$600 and US$2,000.

 

Description of the RBF Scheme:

Private sector development: RBF  was provided to manufacturers and financial institutions to lower cost.

Program scale-up: 80% of RBF disbursement made against verified installation of a good-quality stove, anther 20 percent made if the stove or digester is in good condition and operational in the next 1~ 2 years/RBF alone is not enough, capacity building needed. e.g. Upfront grants and technical support.

 

Publication Title:

Experience from Output Based Aid