FOREST Program clean cooking results-based financing

Inside the project

Launched in February 2026, FOREST's Results-Based Financing (RBF) mechanism mobilises private sector companies across the full value chain, from manufacturing and distribution to after-sales service and sustained usage of clean cookstoves.

Backed by $20 million co-financed by the International Development Association (IDA) and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), the programme targets 500,000 households, or a total of 2.5 million people, with a target of 25% of recipients being female-headed households.

Objectives

• Mobilise private-sector companies across the clean-cooking value chain
• Reach 500,000 households (2.5 million people)
• Target 25% of recipients as female-headed households

Approach

• The Government of DRC administers a results-based financing mechanism, paying private companies for verified clean-cooking reach rather than funding distribution directly.