OPEC Fund Clean Cooking Report 2024

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TABLE 3: A Growing Landscape of Clean Cooking Financiers

TYPE OF CAPITAL PROVIDER

EXAMPLES OF PROVIDERS

TYPICAL FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Bilateral development agencies

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (UK),

• Energy access programs which include clean cooking research & development and corporate grant programs • Results-based financing • Blended finance

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, International Development Cooperation (Netherlands), U.S. Agency for International Development

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) and development finance institutions (DFIs)

OPEC Fund for International Development, World Bank Group,

• Sovereign and

non-sovereign loans

Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank,

• Indirect financing via debt or equity funds • Technical assistance • Results-based grants, e.g. World Bank Clean Cooking Fund • Grants, e.g. for institution building and policy-making or risk-tolerant equity • Early-stage debt to high-risk companies • First loss and other subordinated debt

Inter-American Development Bank, Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO), British International Investment, Nordic Development Fund

Private foundations

Osprey Foundation, Shell Foundation

Impact investors/private investment funds

Equity funds: e.g. Acumen, Energy Access Ventures, Novastar Ventures, ENGIE Rassembleurs, IIX Growth Fund Debt investors and funds:

• Equity and debt generating both financial return and socio-economic impact

e.g. SIMA, Oikocredit, AlphaMundi, Triodos

Crowdfunding

Peer-to-peer lending platforms: Lendahand, Trine Bettervest, Crowd Credit (Japan)

• Loans for small and medium- sized enterprises at different stages of development • Loans for micro enterprises

N/A

Venture debt platforms: Kiva

• Donations and rewards

1. THE CLEAN COOKING AGENDA

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