Maximizing Finance for Development through RBF
Given the significant financing gap to meet the needs of developing countries and achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals*, governments, multilaterals and other development partners are increasingly looking to the private sector to help fill this gap.
Bangladesh: GPOBA and World Bank help 170,000 Poor Rural Families Access Hygienic Sanitation
DHAKA, January 10, 2017
Dr. Fouzel K. Khan, former IDCOL CEO traces origins of Bangladesh solar home systems
In 1997, when Dr. Fouzel Kabir Khan became the CEO of Bangladesh’s newly inaugurated Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), he wasn’t at all sure the new venture would work out—particularly after he heard that his counterpart in Pakistan was now in jail.
Green Energy Brings Power to Rural Bangladesh
World Bank/GPOBA grant to provide renewable energy to an additional million beneficiaries
Bangladesh: Solar Home Systems Reach 2 Million Households
In May 2010, GPOBA signed a Grant Agreement for $7.2 million of DFID funding to assist lower income rural households in Bangladesh gain access to this more affordable supply of electricity. In March 2011, an amendment to the Grant Agreement followed for an additional $6.75 million in subsidies from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida).Bangladesh: More Low-income Rural Households to Benefit from Solar Home Systems
News Release No. 2011/01
Contacts
In Washington:
Jacqueline Sibanda, tel. (+1) 202 458 2974
jsibanda@worldbank.org
In Dhaka:
Mehrin A. Mahbub, tel. (+880) 2 815 9001
mmahbub@worldbank.org
World Bank-administered GPOBA and IDCOL Help Low-Income Households in Bangladesh Access Electricity
News Release No. 2010/03 Contacts:
In Washington:
Jacqueline Sibanda, tel. (+1) 202 458 2974 jsibanda@worldbank.org
In Dhaka:
Mehrin A. Mahbub, tel. (+880) 2 815 9001 mmahbub@worldbank.org
