Results-Based Financing for an Inclusive Response to COVID-19
With many local governments overwhelmed and lacking the capacity to deal with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, NGOs and social enterprises are stepping in as partners to provide support.
Can social enterprises help with an inclusive recovery?
The terms “sustainable” and “inclusive” are being commonly (and often loosely) applied to any positive interventions towards the response and recovery from the pandemic. What does “inclusive recovery” mean?
Accelerating impact: COVID-19 and the future of outcomes-based financing
Development and aid contracts need to be reformed in the pandemic era to allow for crisis-related contingencies after COVID-19 forced numerous development projects to adopt remote and virtual approaches, experts said at an event co-hosted by Devex and
Accelerating impact: COVID-19 and the future of outcomes-based financing (from Devex and UBS Optimus Foundation)
Development and aid contracts need to be reformed in the pandemic era to allow for crisis-related contingencies after COVID-19 forced numerous development projects to adopt remote and virtual approaches, experts said at an event co-hosted by Devex and
Themes
Given both the pace of urbanization and the climate crisis, GPRBA will leverage its considerable experience in results-based approaches and innovative financing to focus on new areas and issues.
Sectors
GPRBA provides subsidy funding to projects covering Water and Sanitation, Health, Education, Energy, and Solid Waste. In addition, several studies to find the applicability of OBA/RBF in new sectors and environment has been conducted in the Urban Transport, Urban Infrastructure affordable housing in urban settings.
GPRBA Annual Report 2020
In addition to showcasing the wide range of activities achieved during fiscal year 2020, this Annual Report sheds light on some of the many ways GPRBA continues to employ innovative results-based financing instruments to strengthen service delivery, incentivize long-term and sustainable change, reach the most vulnerable, and respond to current and future global crises (including the COVID-19 pa
Video: Solar-Powered Mini-Grids Bring Security and New Economic Opportunities in Ghana (3:11)
Ghana provides electricity for 83% of its population, the second highest rate in Sub-Saharan Africa, but connecting isolated areas to the grid has proved very difficult. The solution: investing in solar-powered mini-grids like this one, built with support from IDA, the World Bank Group's fund for the poorest.
