Resources
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Extending Access to Clean Energy for Low-Income Households in Rural Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, a blended finance approach has been used to extend access to off-grid electricity for rural low-income households. An output-based aid (OBA) grant in combination with microcredit from local partner organizations (POs)—mostly nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with experience in…
Date: 2018
Tags: Energy
Region: South Asia
Country: Bangladesh
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Lessons Learned: Output-Based Aid for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Nepal
The project was implemented in five municipalities -- Dhankuta, Ghorahi, Lalitpur, Pokhara, and Tansen -- which met certain operating and maintenance requirements. The project aimed to build upon the municipalities’ existing systems and make them more sustainable, rather than developing new…
Date: 2018
Tags: Solid Waste Management, Fragile Situations, Urban
Region: South Asia
Country: Nepal
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Analyzing the Use of Output-Based Aid (OBA) in Urban Transport
This report discusses the applicability of output-based aid (OBA) to the urban transport sector in cities of developing and emerging countries, and draws recommendations for the design of OBA-financed projects – and, more broadly, of output-oriented pro-poor projects – that address the issues…
Date: 2017
Tags: Urban
Region: Global
Country: Global
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Output-Based Aid - Supporting Infrastructure Delivery through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies
Increasing access to basic infrastructure and social services is critical to reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, increasing access is a challenge because of the gap between what it costs to deliver a desired level of service and what can be funded…
Date: 2005
Tags: Energy, Water and Sanitation
Region: Global
Country: Global
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Output-Based Aid - Supporting Infrastructure Delivery through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies
Increasing access to basic infrastructure and social services is critical to reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, increasing access is a challenge because of the gap between what it costs to deliver a desired level of service and what can be funded…
Date: 2005
Tags: Energy, Water and Sanitation
Region: Global
Country: Global
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Output-Based Aid - Supporting Infrastructure Delivery through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies
Increasing access to basic infrastructure and social services is critical to reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, increasing access is a challenge because of the gap between what it costs to deliver a desired level of service and what can be funded…
Date: 2005
Tags: Energy, Water and Sanitation
Region: Global
Country: Global
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Output-Based Aid - Supporting Infrastructure Delivery through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies
Increasing access to basic infrastructure and social services is critical to reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, increasing access is a challenge because of the gap between what it costs to deliver a desired level of service and what can be funded…
Date: 2005
Tags: Energy, Water and Sanitation
Region: Global
Country: Global
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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
Tags: Telecommunications, Fragile Situations
Region: South Asia
Country: Nepal
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Output-based Aid in the Chad: Using Performance-Based Contracts to Improve Roads
Despite Chad's recent debut as an oil exporter, its people rank among the world's poorest. Large parts of the country are left in extreme isolation by the lack of a backbone road network that is passable year-round. To tackle the poor internal integration, the government formulated the National…
Date: 2005
Tags: Urban
Region: Africa
Country: Chad
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Estimating the Fiscal Risks and Costs of Output-Based Payments
Output-based payments are an important tool of government policy. Sometimes governments offer “output-based aid” to subsidize services sold to households. Guatemala and Mozambique, for example, subsidize new electricity connections, while Paraguay is piloting a program to subsidize new water…
Date: 2005
Region: Global
Country: Global