Improving Rural Energy Access through Solar Home Systems in Ghana
In Ghana, where electricity grid access is relatively high for Sub-Saharan Africa, millions of people in small rural communities or on isolated islands cannot be reached through grid extension. A successful GPOBA project supported the purchase of solar home systems and PV lanterns for 16,500…
Date: 2016
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Energy
Upper Secondary Education Enhancement Project in Vietnam
The Vietnamese government has made remarkable gains in improving education outcomes since the early 1990s. But disparities in educational attainment – particularly between income groups – remain. GPOBA’s first project in the education sector addressed persistent inequalities in learning outcomes…
Date: 2016
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Education
Paying for Performance: An Analysis of Output-Based Aid in Education
In 2014-2015, Results for Development Institute (R4D) conducted a scoping study on the potential for OBA in education for GPOBA. This report provides the…
Date: 2016
Type: GPRBA Publication
Tags: Education
GPOBA Annual Report 2016
GPOBA’s achievements this year demonstrate the strong ongoing coordination between the operations and knowledge aspects of its work, which together aim to ensure that poor populations are included in development gains. Going forward, GPOBA and its partners will continue to work with results…
Date: 2016
Type: Annual Reports
Tags: Energy, Climate Change, Education, Health, Solid Waste Management, Water and Sanitation, Independent Verification
Output-Based Aid in the Philippines: Public Health Project
In 2010, the Government of the Philippines launched Universal Health Care initiative, which mandated the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to provide health insurance coverage to all Filipinos, especially the poor. It also put in place measures to improve and accredit…
Date: 2015
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Health
Output-Based Aid in Fragile and Conflict Situations
Throughout the world, poverty is increasingly concentrated in countries and regions affected by fragility and conflict, which intensify already acute challenges to development. Fragility and conflict can range from persistent domestic or cross-border violence to vulnerability in the face of…
Date: 2015
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Fragile Situations
OBApproaches for Solid Waste Management: Nepal and the West Bank
With rapid urbanization, population growth, and new economic activity, municipal solid waste is increasing at alarming rates, and is expected to almost triple in low and lower middle income countries by 2025. At the same time, solid waste management (SWM) systems in most developing countries are…
Date: 2015
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Solid Waste Management, Public-Private Partnerships , Fragile Situations
Output-Based Aid in Mali Rural Electrification Hybrid System Project
Electrification can be a significant driver for improving livelihoods in rural communities. In rural Mali, where more than 80 percent of the country's population lives, the electrification rate is only 15 percent. Increasing access to electricity in rural Mali is crucial for economic development…
Date: 2015
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Energy
Bangladesh Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development – SHS Project
In 2010, a Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) grant for $13.95 million was approved to improve electricity access for poor households in rural Bangladesh in remote, off-grid areas through the provision of SHSs. This project was part of a larger SHS program using the OBA approach that…
Date: 2015
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Energy
Ethiopia: Electricity Access Rural Expansion Project
In 2008, a GPOBA grant of $8 million was signed to accelerate the pace of connections among grid customers by making the connection charge affordable to the poor population through a credit scheme, and was linked to the $170 million IDA-financed Ethiopia Electricity Access Rural Expansion…
Date: 2015
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Energy
Vietnam Rural Water
In 2008, GPOBA approved a $3 million grant to support investments in piped rural water supply systems, in conjunction with the government's efforts to operationalize its national Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Strategy.
The project provided access to affordable, clean water supply to…
Date: 2015
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Results-Based Financing for Water Service Providers in Kenya
The Water Services Trust Fund of Kenya (WSTF) is administering an output-based aid (OBA) program that provides financial incentives to water service providers to invest in rehabilitation and expansion of water and sanitation infrastructure. The objective of the program is to improve the…
Date: 2015
Type: GPRBA Publication
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Scaling Up Blended Financing of Water and Sanitation Investments in Kenya
This knowledge note looks at a series of interventions undertaken by the Government of Kenya with support from the World Bank and other development partners, to improve access to commercial finance in the water and sanitation sector. It describes recent sector reforms and innovative financing…
Date: 2015
Type: GPRBA Guidebook
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Biogas Support Program in Nepal
In 2006, the government of Nepal requested support from the World Bank and GPOBA to promote biogas plants in rural areas and enhance the sustainability of the energy sector. A GPOBA grant was approved with the objective of increasing the number of households sustainably using biogas plants under…
Date: 2015
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Energy, Fragile Situations
Surge in Solar-Powered Homes: Experience in Off-Grid Rural Bangladesh
This GPOBA-sponsored report assesses the welfare impact of Bangladesh's rapid solar home systems (SHS) expansion on households, and evaluates the present…
Date: 2015
Type: World Bank Publication
Tags: Energy
GPOBA Annual Report 2015
The Annual Report for fiscal year 2015 (FY15) describes GPOBA’s efforts toward fulfilling its mandate to fund, design, demonstrate, and document OBA approaches to service delivery. During FY15, we balanced our ongoing commitment to deepening the impact of OBA in tested sectors with exploring the…
Date: 2015
Type: Annual Reports
Tags: Energy, Climate Change, Education, Health, Solid Waste Management, Water and Sanitation, Independent Verification
Infrastructure Verification Handbook: Good and Bad Illustration of Infrastructure
This handbook provides guidance for Indonesian National Government Internal Auditor (BPKP) team in the field on conducting the verification of outputs for the Government of Indonesia Specific Purpose Grants (DAK) infrastructure. This handbook is created as part of collaboration between the Ministry…Date: 2015
Type: GPRBA Guidebook
Tags: Independent Verification
Challenges in Formalizing the Supply of Electricity in Mumbai’s Slums
In 2009, the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) approved a pilot project for $1.6 million with the objective of increasing access to safe electricity supply in Indian slums through targeted output-based subsides. The pilot focused on selected urban slum areas of Mumbai, but had…Date: 2014
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Energy
Kenya Microfinance for Community-Managed Water Project
In 2006, the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) approved an innovative pilot project for $1.15 million to increase access and improve efficiency in water services for the poor in rural and peri-urban areas of central Kenya through investments in selected community subprojects. By…
Date: 2014
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Morocco Improved Access to Water and Sanitation Services Output-based Aid Project
Despite Morocco's having a generally good infrastructure for the delivery of water and sanitation, over 1 million residents in the fast-growing outskirts of cities lack adequate services, posing a significant…
Date: 2014
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Water and Sanitation
