Output-Based Aid for Energy Access
Globally, around 1.1 billion people live without access to electricity. Ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy by 2030 is one of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015. The Global Partnership on Output-based Aid (GPOBA) supports this energy…
Date: 2016
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Energy
Output-Based Aid at Work in Public-Private Partnerships
With development needs outstripping public sector capacity, private sector finance and expertise are becoming increasingly important. OBA and public-private partnerships (PPPs) are innovative mechanisms for leveraging private sector investment in development solutions. OBA can add value to a PPP…
Date: 2016
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Public-Private Partnerships
Getting Results: Independent Verification in Output-Based Aid
As interest grows in results-based financing (RBF), the need for reliable verification systems intensifies. Independent verification is a key component of OBA, which links the disbursement of funds to achievement of verified results. This note discusses the verification process, and presents…Date: 2016
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Independent Verification
Output-Based Aid in Education: What Have We Learned So Far?
OBA and other innovative forms of results-based financing (RBF) are still relatively new to the education sector, but emerging evidence suggests that OBA/RBF may be versatile tools for addressing issues of educational access, quality, and inequity. In 2015, GPOBA undertook a major study on the…
Date: 2016
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Education
