Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Access to Sustainable Energy Technologies Using Remittances as a Source of End-User Finance

Arc tested an innovative and untraditional remittance transfer model identified during market research conducted by Arc in 2009 as being attractive to both remitters and receivers. The goal of the project was to radically increase the availability and number of sustainable energy products for Haitian consumers, using remittances as the financing source.