GAPS AND LAGS IN DISBURSEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE FOR ENERGY ACCESS

The report finds that development finance for energy access is poorly targeted and inefficiently disbursed, with a significant gap between financial commitments and actual on-the-ground implementation, particularly in high-impact countries.

• Between 2011 and 2015, high-impact countries received a disproportionately small share of global electricity development finance, accounting for only 27.9 percent of commitments and 23.5 percent of disbursements.
• Disbursement delays and under-disbursements are widespread in high-impact countries, affecting 69.2 percent of the finance committed and 51.8 percent of projects for which complete data was available.
• Transmission and distribution projects are the most susceptible to disbursement delays, while renewable energy projects generally demonstrate better performance.
• There is a severe lack of development finance for clean cooking; between 2002 and 2015, commitments to high-impact countries totaled just $600 million, representing only 1 percent of the amount committed for electricity projects in the same regions.
• Larger infrastructure projects are more prone to delays than smaller ones, with the average size of delayed projects being $35.8 million compared to $17.4 million for those on time.
• Qualitative analysis identifies a variety of disbursement obstacles, including legal and contractual issues, technical execution difficulties, and donor-side delays in loan agreements.
• Interviews with beneficiaries highlight that external political factors, bureaucratic delays on the recipient side, and tough loan conditions are among the most severe obstacles to disbursement.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2017). GAPS AND LAGS IN DISBURSEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE FOR ENERGY ACCESS. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/gather-content/2017_SEforALL_FR1_0.pdf

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. GAPS AND LAGS IN DISBURSEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE FOR ENERGY ACCESS. 2017. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/gather-content/2017_SEforALL_FR1_0.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2017gaps, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{GAPS AND LAGS IN DISBURSEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE FOR ENERGY ACCESS}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2017}, url = {https://www.seforall.org/system/files/gather-content/2017_SEforALL_FR1_0.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }