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dc.titleFundación Covelo: Lighting the Way out of Poverty
dc.contributor.authorInter-American Development Bank
dc.contributor.orgunitOpportunities for the Majority Sector
dc.coverageBelize
dc.coverageHonduras
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.date.available2015-07-21T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2011-01-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractUp to seven million low-income Central Americans live without power, largely because of the expense of extending the grid to rural areas. Many people burn kerosene, candles or wood, which can affect health and degrade the environment. Some families spend a large portion of their income to power diesel generators. Electricity is vital for workers and entrepreneurs to become more productive and climb out of poverty.A new initiative is making clean, renewable energy available and affordable to families at the base of the pyramid in Honduras, El Salvador and Belize. With a $3 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank¿s Opportunities for the Majority Initiative (OMJ) and $3 million of its own funds, Fundación José Maria Covelo is establishing a dedicated line of credit for microfinance institutions to lend to low-income families to buy photovoltaic systems. In an innovative arrangement, the systems serve as guarantees for the loans, enabling poor families with little or no collateral to buy them.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0006270
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Fundación-Covelo-Lighting-the-Way-out-of-Poverty.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Fundación-Covelo-Iluminar-el-camino-para-salir-de-la-pobreza.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectFinancial Inclusion
dc.subjectRenewable Energy
dc.subject.keywordsFundación José Covelo
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberCatalogs & Brochures
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