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For example, while 62% of immigrants in Côte d’Ivoire are from Burkina Faso, flows to Burkina Faso from Côte d’Ivoire represent only 13% of remittance flows.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000296#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Onerous know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML-CFT) requirements, such as mandatory proof of address, drive consumers toward informal services and increase provider costs. These requirements disproportionately affect women and rural populations who lack official identification.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000296#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The persistence of cash-based transactions is reinforced by a lack of digital ecosystems that allow recipients to spend digital value. 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To prevent the collapse of rural electricity supply and the failure of Sustainable Development Goal 7, the ARE proposes the creation of a 'Global DRE Support Fund' providing low-interest loans and grants, a 'Rural Electrification Stimulus Plan' to mobilize long-term investment, and the official recognition of DRE as an 'essential service' to allow personnel movement during lockdowns. 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In Sub-Saharan Africa, DRE systems are expected to provide more than two-thirds of the additional connections needed by 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ruralele-000111#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Most DRE companies are in urgent need of support due to a lack of liquidity, with many only able to withstand the crisis for 3 to 6 months under current conditions. 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GOGLA estimates that OGS products sold by its members since 2010 will reduce emissions by 66.6 million tonnes of CO2e over their lifetimes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002538#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Substantial investment gaps exist in sub-Saharan Africa; providing electricity to a third of households in the region by 2030 would require US$943 million in grants, US$11.3 billion in equity, and US$13.4 billion in debt.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002538#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Multilateral climate finance institutions have under-invested in OGS due to the difficulty of approving projects that simultaneously integrate mitigation, adaptation, and development, as well as a preference for larger projects over early-stage funding.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002538#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"OGS companies face significant financial risks, including currency fluctuations because they pay for equipment in foreign currencies but receive payments in local currencies, and challenges associated with the pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) model's delayed cash flow.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002538#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current carbon markets do not recognize the specific climate benefits of OGS, as existing methodologies for black carbon reductions focus on cookstoves rather than kerosene-powered lamps.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002538#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate finance","Blended Finance","carbon emission trading","energy access","climate change adaptation","climate change mitigation"],"geography_discussed":["sub-Saharan Africa","East Africa","Tanzania","Zambia","Burkina Faso","Malawi","India","Mozambique","Kenya","Uganda","Rwanda","Nigeria","Ethiopia","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Peru"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","financial assessment"]},{"id":"seforall-000289","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/seforall-000289","title":"FINANCING ACCESS TO COOLING SOLUTIONS","publisher":{"name":"Sustainable Energy for All","organization":"sustainable-energy-for-all"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2020-03-01","source_url":"https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2021-04/Financing-Cooling-SEforALL.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document identifies significant barriers to financing sustainable cooling, including the diversity of needs across human comfort, agriculture, and health sectors, and a lack of global tracking for cooling-specific investments. 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Depending on demand estimations, investment needs for off-grid solutions are estimated at USD 276 billion versus USD 393 billion for lower tier cases, and USD 584 billion versus USD 614 billion for higher tier cases.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ruralele-000174#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Utilizing off-grid renewables for full electrification by 2030 is significantly more climate-friendly than grid extension, with the potential to save between 500 and 800 Mt of CO2. This approach can reduce annual emissions by up to 100 kg CO2 per person, making it up to 50% cleaner than grid extension.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ruralele-000174#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Off-grid solutions offer superior deployment speed and reliability over central grids in rural areas; solar home systems (SHS) can be implemented in a day and mini-grids in weeks, whereas grid infrastructure takes years. 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While ASM provides immediate income and employment, it often displaces farmers, contaminates water sources with mercury and cyanide, and draws young labor away from agriculture. The document highlights that ASM is frequently an unsustainable tool for poverty reduction due to the non-renewable nature of minerals and the shift toward capital-intensive operations funded by external investors. It recommends strengthening institutional capacity, implementing rigorous land-use mapping, and dismantling patronage structures to ensure the coexistence of mining and farming.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"aceta-000044#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is creating significant labor and land competition with agriculture in Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Burkina Faso. ASM often pays up to three times more than farm incomes, leading to a shift in the workforce from an ageing farming population (55+ years) to young people (18-40 years). In Ghana, at least 50% of survey respondents lost their farms to ASM operators, with 53% of losses affecting cash crops and 40% affecting food crops.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"aceta-000044#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"ASM causes severe environmental degradation and health risks that undermine future agricultural viability. The use of toxic chemicals like mercury and cyanide creates health hazards, while the diversion of streams and lowering of the groundwater table can leave arable land unfit for farming. Abandoned sites often become breeding grounds for mosquitoes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"aceta-000044#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document argues that ASM is an unlikely tool for long-term rural poverty reduction for two reasons: the non-renewable nature of minerals like gold and diamonds, and a structural shift where mining is increasingly financed by urban and external sources. In Ghana, most earnings are invested in national or regional capitals rather than trickling down to rural communities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"aceta-000044#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Land ownership structures influence the relationship between miners and farmers. In Sierra Leone, a 'farmer-miner' structure fosters harmony as farmers mine during the dry season. In Ghana and Burkina Faso, the dominance of non-indigenes and the itinerant nature of ASM lead to transactional relations and conflicts over land, water, labor, and capital.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"aceta-000044#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regulatory failures and 'regulatory capture'—particularly in Ghana—hinder the effective management of ASM. None of the three studied countries possess comprehensive geological mapping or land-use plans. 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