Output-Based Aid for Water Supply in Uganda: Increasing Access in Small Towns
In Uganda small private companies have been operating water supply systems since 2001. A pilot output-based aid (OBA) project is expanding this approach. The project is leveraging private sector finance and expertise to provide access to piped water for an estimated 45,000 people in small towns…
Date: 2010
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Subsidizing Water Connections in Cameroon: How to Apply Output-Based Aid to an Affermage
The Cameroon water connection scheme that started in 2008 is the first GPOBA project to be implemented under an affermage contract. It is also the first subsidized water connection program in West Africa to be implemented through an output-based aid (OBA) mechanism.
This note highlights…
Date: 2010
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Water and Sanitation, Fragile Situations
Subventionner les raccordements aux réseaux d’adduction d’eau: Comment appliquer l’aide basée sur les résultats à l’affermage
Le programme camerounais de raccordement aux réseaux d’adduction d’eau lancé en 2008 est le premier projet du Partenariat mondial pour l’aide basée sur les résultats (GPOBA) mis en oeuvre en vertu d’un contrat d’affermage. Il s’agit aussi du premier programme de raccordement subventionné à un…
Date: 2010
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Water and Sanitation
A Snapshot of the OBA Universe
Development practitioners are acutely aware of the need to find more effective ways to improve basic living conditions for the poor, as traditional approaches of delivering public support have not always led to the results intended.
Output-Based Aid (OBA) is a resultsbased instrument…
Date: 2010
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Other
Pleins feux sur l'aide basée sur les résultats (OBA)
Les spécialistes du développement sont très conscients de la nécessité de trouver des moyens plus efficaces d’améliorer les conditions de vie de base des pauvres, les approches habituellement suivies pour apporter une aide publique n’ayant pas toujours donné les résultats escomptés.
L’…
Date: 2010
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Other
لمحة سريعة عن نهج المعونات المرتبطة بالنواتج (OBA)
OBApproaches 33يعي العاملون في مجال التنمية تماماً ضرورة إيجاد سبل أكثر فعالية لتحسين الظروف المعيشية وإتاحة الخدمات الأساسية للفقراء، إذ لا تؤدي النُهُج التقليدية لتقديم الدعم لكافة المواطنين دائماً إلى تحقيق النتائج المرجوة منها. ونهج المعونات المرتبطة بالنواتج (نهج المعونات) هو أداة تركز…
Date: 2010
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Other
Una mirada al universo de la ayuda en función de los resultados (OBA)
En vista de que los mecanismos tradicionales de subsidio público no siempre han tenido los resultados previstos, los expertos en desarrollo están muy conscientes de la necesidad de encontrar formas más eficaces de mejorar las condiciones de vida de los pobres.
La ayuda en función de los…
Date: 2010
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Other
Output-Based Aid in Education: A Solution for Quality Education
A number of approaches have been tried to improve school attendance and educational attainment, including the use of Output-Based Aid (OBA).
The challenge of introducing OBA in education has often been finding an appropriate definition of “output” that balances achievement of results…
Date: 2010
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Education
Connecting Colombia’s Poor to Natural Gas Services: Lessons Learned from a Completed Output-Based Aid Project
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The Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) has recently completed a project that made 35,000 new natural gas connections to poor households in Colombia’s Caribbean coastal region.
This partnership between GPOBA and Fundación Promigas (a charitable foundation…
Date: 2010
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Energy
Access to Finance in Output-Based Aid
The purpose of this working paper is to outline some of the key issues related to Access to Finance (A2F) in Output-Based Aid (OBA). OBA is a results-based financing approach which aims to improve delivery of basic infrastructure and social services to the poor through targeted public funding…
Date: 2010
Type: GPRBA Working Paper
Tags: Other
Output-Based Aid for Sustainable Sanitation
Results-based financing (RBF) has emerged as an important new way of financing public services in general and basic services in particular. One type of RBF known as output-based aid (OBA) tends to be used to target subsidies for poor customers by providing service providers the incentives to serve…Date: 2010
Type: GPRBA Working Paper
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Uganda: Small Scale Infrastructure Provider (SSIP) Program - Water
In small towns and rural areas of Uganda, where 90 percent of the population lives, water shortages are part of daily life. In these areas, 60 percent of the population lacks access to safe water, and water borne diseases and infant mortality are widespread. To help the Ugandan government…
Date: 2010
Type: World Bank Publication
Tags: Water and Sanitation
OBA Diagnostic Tool: Initial Assessment
The OBA Diagnostic Tool (the Tool) assesses the suitability and feasibility of a proposed Output-Based Aid (OBA) scheme. It is designed to provide high-level guidance to policymakers and practitioners when considering the suitability of OBA schemes in a given sector and/or country. It can also…
Date: 2010
Type: GPRBA Guidebook
Tags: Other
GPOBA Annual Report 2010
GPOBA’s Annual Report 2010 reports that wider adoption of results-based financing instruments, such as output-based aid (OBA), is now in sight, thanks to a number of positive developments:
The World Bank is developing a new instrument designed to support government programs and more…Date: 2010
Type: Annual Reports
Tags: Other
Output-Based Aid: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
Development practitioners are acutely aware of the need to find more effective ways to improve basic living conditions for the poor, as traditional approaches of delivering public support have not always led to the intended results. This books reviews the experience with output-based aid, a…
Date: 2010
Type: World Bank Publication
Leveraging Private Sector Finance for Rural Piped Water Infrastructure in Kenya: The Use of Output-Based Aid
An innovative approach to rural infrastructure finance in Kenya is facilitating access to finance for community-based water providers by blending output-based subsidies and commercial finance. The project is being implemented by K-Rep Bank, a local commercial bank specialized in microfinance…
Date: 2009
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Mobiliser le secteur privé pour financer des réseaux d’adduction d’eau en zone rurale au Kenya: Comment utiliser l’aide basée sur les résultats
Au Kenya, une approche innovante faisant appel à la fois à des subventions basées sur les résultats et à des financements aux conditions du marché aide les prestataires communautaires de services d’approvisionnement en eau à obtenir des crédits pour financer des infrastructures rurales.
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Date: 2009
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Water and Sanitation
L’aide basée sur les résultats au Honduras: Un Mécanisme OBA pour le secteur de l’eau et de l’assainissement
Le Honduras assure à ses habitants un accès raisonnable à l’eau et à l’assainissement, mais cette desserte n’est pas universelle, en particulier dans les zones rurales et périurbaines, et les services fournis sont souvent de piètre qualité.
Pour aider le Gouvernement du Honduras à servir…
Date: 2009
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Output-Based Aid in Honduras: An OBA Facility for the Water and Sanitation Sector
Honduras has achieved a reasonable level of access to water supply and sanitation, but gaps in coverage remain, especially in rural and peri-urban areas, and service quality for those with access is often poor.
To help the Government of Honduras achieve universal coverage and improve…
Date: 2009
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Output-Based Aid in the Philippines: Improved Access to Water Services for Poor Households in Metro Manila
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This project aims to provide access to water services through individual household connections to several low-income communities in Rizal province (Antipolo City, Baras, Rodriguez, and San Mateo) and Taguig City in the Manila Metropolitan Region through a collaboration…
Date: 2009
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Water and Sanitation
