Output-Based Aid : Lessons Learned and Best Practices
Governments in developing countries and members of the development aid community are acutely aware of the need to find more effective ways to improve basic living conditions for the poor. Traditional approaches to delivering public support have not...
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World Bank
2012
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| Summary: | Governments in developing countries and
members of the development aid community are acutely aware
of the need to find more effective ways to improve basic
living conditions for the poor. Traditional approaches to
delivering public support have not always led to the results
intended. Results-based financing instruments are now
recognized as one important piece of the aid-delivery
puzzle. Results-based financing (RBF) is an umbrella term
that includes output-based aid, provider payment incentives,
performance-based interfiscal transfers, and conditional
cash transfers. What these mechanisms have in common is that
a principal entity provides a financial or in-kind reward,
conditional on the recipient of that reward undertaking a
set of predetermined actions or achieving a predetermined
performance goal. The ultimate aim is to increase the
effectiveness of scarce public resources for the provision
of basic services. This book is structured as follows: part
one includes chapter one, which defines output-based aid
(OBA) and puts it in the context of traditional aid-delivery
mechanisms and RBF instruments. Chapter two provides an
overview of where OBA approaches are being implemented as
well as a description of the various applications of OBA:
one-off, transitional, or ongoing subsidies. Part two
consists of six chapters comprising the specific sector
reviews: information and communication technology (ICT),
roads (transportation), energy, water and sanitation,
health, and education. Part three starts with chapter nine,
which summarizes the lessons learned from the specific
sectors, focusing on cross-cutting issues. Chapter ten
concludes the review and considers where OBA is heading and
what can be done to make OBA more effective and widespread,
where applicable, to help improve access to basic services
for the poor. The appendix presents a table of all OBA
projects identified in the World Bank Group to date. |
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