Liberia: 16,806 low-income households in Monrovia to benefit from electricity connections
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EmailNews Release No 2011/03
Contacts
In Washington:
Jacqueline Sibanda, tel. (+1) 202 458 2974
jsibanda@worldbank.org
In Monrovia:
Michael Sahr, tel. (+231) 88 6514 321
msahr@worldbank.org
Monrovia, December 21, 2011 – The World Bank, acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), has approved a grant of US$10 million to connect about 80,000 people to Monrovia’s electricity grid, raising the electricity access rate in Liberia’s capital from 0.6 percent to 8 percent. GPOBA funding will supplement capital allocations from various donors to install connections, initially targeting 21 priority low-income neighborhoods. The scheme will be implemented by the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), the sole power company in the country. Read the full press release (PDF 44.14 KB)