Liberia: Willingness to Pay Energy Analysis

Technical Assistance|Activity Status: Closed
  • Sector
    Energy
  • Country
    Liberia
    Region
    Africa
  • Amount
    $314,373
  • Approval Date
    June 10, 2010
    Closing Date
    October 31, 2012
  • Donors
    United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

Overview

activity

This activity financed an affordability study as input to the design and structuring of a subsidy project in Liberia. The findings of the study informed the economic context of the potential energy consumers in Liberia in urban and rural areas.
Activities included:
(1) Quantify consumer access to energy and consumption levels.
(2) Identify characteristics of household income levels of in Liberia and quantify the ability or willingness to pay for energy.

Inputs from the study were included in the commitment paper for the subsidy project, which was approved by the PoE for commitment in June 2011. GPOBA signed the grant agreement with the government on December 21, 2011. The project declared effectiveness on March 2012.