SOLOMON ISLANDS SOLAR A NEW MICROFINANCE CONCEPT TAKES ROOT

摘要

Those most in need of new renewable technologies are often least able to raise the finance necessary to fund such development. Now, a new commodities exchange scheme is bringing renewables to the South Pacific using a novel rural payment method. Binu Parthan explains how the scheme works.rnCash, a precious resource in the Solomon Islands, runs through villagers' hands as quickly as water from the archipelago's beautiful lagoons. Saving money is virtually unheard of, bank accounts are unusual and borrowing is rare, certainly for individual families.