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
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
Output-Based Aid in the Philippines: Improving Electricity Supply on Remote Islands
The Philippines has introduced an output-based aid (OBA) subsidy scheme to improve electricity supply on remote islands as a way to enhance living standards in the poor communities there. The subsidy, to come from a national fund financed by a surcharge on all electricity users, will be paid to…
Date: 2006
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Energy, Fragile Situations
Output-Based Aid in Nepal: Expanding Telecommunications Service to Rural Areas
A landlocked country which is covered largely by hills and mountains, Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, where many people are isolated and without formal means of communication. Despite recent telecommunication sector reforms, rural areas have not been served. Recognizing this…
Date: 2004
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Telecommunications, Fragile Situations
