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Turning Ideas Into Action . Development Marketplace. Clotilde Ngomba Prepared by DM Team June 19, 2008. Development Marketplace (DM). Program objectives. Identify and support INNOVATIVE, early stage ideas with potential for high development impact
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Turning Ideas Into Action Development Marketplace Clotilde Ngomba Prepared by DM Team June 19, 2008
Development Marketplace (DM) Program objectives • Identify and support INNOVATIVE, early stage ideas with potential for high development impact • Help build the capacity of implementing organizations to execute and scale up their ideas • Serve as a convening platform for funders and other development actors on social entrepreneurship
DM Activities • 1. Competitions • Global (annual) • Regional and Country-level (~6 per year) • 2. Knowledge Dissemination • Knowledge Exchange at the Marketplace events • DM Website • DM Blog (forthcoming) • 3. Project Services • Project supervision • Identification of follow-on funders and TA providers for selected projects
DM Global Competitions Increasingly Sector-Focused • 2003 – Services for the Poor • 2005 – Sustainable Livelihoods • 2006 – Water Supply, Sanitation and Energy • 2007 – Health, Nutrition and Population • 2008 – Sustainable Agriculture for Development
Global DM2008: Sustainable Agriculture for Development • Objectives:Mobilize award pool of up to US$6 million to fund 25-30 innovative sustainable agriculture projects in three key areas: • Linking Small-Scale Farmers to Input-Output Markets • Improving Land Access and Tenure for the Poor • Promoting the Environmental Services of Agriculture in • Addressing Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation • Date:September 24-25, 2008 • Location:World Bank Headquarters, Washington, D.C. • Key Parters: GEF, IFC and Gates Foundation
Key Features of Global DM2008 Competition’s Finalists Finalists by Organization Type Award size:$50,000-$200,000 Maximum timeframe: 24 Months Finalists by Implementation Region
DM-GEF Partnership Breakdown of GEF contribution to DM 2003-2008 • $1 M for 2003 Global Competition, disbursed to 6 projects in Ghana, Vientnam, Mexico, Nepal and India • $1 M for 2005 Global Competition, disbursed to 8 projects in the Philippines, Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, Kenya and India • $2 M for 2006 Global Competition, disbursed to 13 projects in India, Kenya, China, Rwanda, Kyrguz Republic, Benin, Senegal, Turkey, Lesotho and Nepal. • $2M committed for 2008 Global Competition, winners will be announced on September, 26, 2008.
DM Projects Funded by GEF (2003-2006) Regional Breakdown Grants to Africa ($ commitment by year) Grants to Africa ($ commitment by country)
Independent Evaluation of DM2003 Projects • Conducted in 2007 to assess impact • 41 projects out of 47 were evaluated and categorized into three categories
DM Ratings at Project Completion for 2005 Projects (independent evaluation pending)
DM Ratings at 3 months prior to Project Completion for 2006 Projects (independent evaluation pending)
Project idea Development Potential Progress to date • To clean the Mukuru-Ngong River in Nairobi, offering a credit system to encourage mechanics to collect used engine oil instead of dumping it into the river. • Safely disposes of used oil while providing previously unattainable access to credit for business expansion. • Used lubricating oil a significant contaminant to the Mukuru-Ngong river, resulting in negative health and environmental conditions • 247,000 liters of used oil which would have otherwise been dumped into the river was collected and recycled into the economy. Project aims to recycle 1,200,000 liters of used oil each year by 2012. • Over $31,000 lent to at least 56 mechanics groups or garages, in loans ranging from $120 to $500. GEF Funded DM2005 Project Credit for Safe Collection of Used Oil, KenyaUS$150,000
Project idea Development Potential Progress to date • Reduce waste and energy costs by buying discarded charcoal dust collected by Nairobi’s slum dwellers and transform it into low-cost, clean-burning briquettes • Provides a reliable income stream • Offers a fuel alternative that is 40 percent cheaper than charcoal • Reduces pollution from charcoal waste in the air and water • 11 tons of dust collected daily, 6 tons from Kibera -the biggest slum in Kenya- and 5 tons from other sites in Nairobi • 9 tons per day of charcoal briquettes produced and sold profitably to restaurants, poultry farmers, and supermarkets, among others GEF Funded DM2005 project Community Carbon Collectors: Briquetting in KenyaUS$132,773
Project idea Development Potential Progress to date • To provide clean and reliable lighting to 10,000 tribal households using LED light units and a community-based maintenance plan. • $15 lamp paid for over 50 cent bi-weekly installments. • Replaces kerosene lamps, which provide limited light, cause indoor pollution and incur a heavier economic burden • 2,500 LED lights sold in India • 100 village entrepreneurs trained in selling and maintaining lamps • Now collaborating with similar initiatives in Afghanistan, Cambodia and Kenya. • Leveraged a total of $ 1.4 Million from a private investment company. GEF Funded DM 2006 project Clean & Reliable LED Lighting for Tribal Homes, IndiaUS$177,250
Project idea Development Potential Progress to date • To improve the living conditions of families in Bishkek through the provision of affordable and environmentally clean home heating systems. • Combines a traditional construction method using cane reed and clay with a innovative under floor heating system. • 40 percent reduction in the cost of home construction and maintenance • 75 percent reduction in heating costs, causing reduced environmental degradation. • Built a total of 20 cane reed houses • Project being scaled up in the Kyrgyz Republic, with 5 additional houses under construction. • Project is currently negotiating an agreement with the German Development Bank – KFW to increase the number of homes through credits to low income families. GEF Funded DM2006 project Cane Reed: 19th Century Idea, 21st Century Solution, Kyrgyz Republic US$116,389
Thank you! For more information: contact Theresa Bradley, Team Leader, tbradley@worldbank.org 202-473-0016 visit www.developmentmarketplace.org and for inspiration, take a look at our video posted on our home webpage