The World Bank Development Marketplace (DM) Award is a competitive grant program administered by the World Bank. Since 1998, the DM has awarded more than $46 million to some 1,000 early-stage, innovative projects worldwide.

Projects are selected based on:

• Innovation

• Potential for Growth

• Visible benefits

• Realism

• Sustainability

Development Marketplace Award winners

• 2000: Roundabout PlayPump.

• 2003: "HotPot" solar oven by Solar Household Energy, Inc. (SHE) and Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (FMCN).

• 2003: Kanchan Arsenic Filter Project for Rural Nepal. See also Amy B. Smith.

• 2004: Scojo Foundation for Reading Glasses for the Poor in India.

• 2005: Solar Tuki

• 2007: Small portable "Weza" electric generator for rural Rwanda.

• 2008: UV Bucket for killing bacteria in water in rural Mexico, by Florence Cassassuce.

Full Listings

• Winners of 2000 Development Marketplace

• Winners of 2002 Development Marketplace

• Winners of 2003 Development Marketplace

• Winners of 2005 Development Marketplace

• Winners of 2006 Development Marketplace

See also

• List of economics awards

References

• World Bank Development Marketplace site

• HotPot