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Publication | 2021

GPRBA Annual Report 2021

The Partnership broadened its mandate in 2019 to incorporate more flexible financing solutions beyond OBA, to keep up with the changing needs of our clients and to achieve greater impact. The name change to GPRBA marked this expansion.

Activity | August 9, 2013

TA for the Northern Pacific Outer Islands Connectivity Project

Multimedia | May 13, 2020

Video: 3 Things You Need to Know About Results-Based Financing (RBF)

This video presents three basic elements that distinguish results-based financing from traditional development funding:

News | January 8, 2009

GPOBA Supports Increased Access to Telecommunications Services for Rural Poor in Cambodia

News Release No. 2009/1

In Washington:
Cathy Russell, tel. (+1) 202 458 8124 crussell@worldbank.org

In Phnom Penh:
Sareoun Bou, tel. (855) 23 217 301 sbou@worldbank.org

Activity

Expanding Telecommunications in Rural Indonesia

Activity | August 1, 2005

Mongolia OBA Pilot Project of Universal Access Strategy

Publication | 2004

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.

Publication | 2007

Output-based aid in Uganda: Bringing Communication Services to Rural Areas

In 1999, Uganda had achieved a national teledensity (fixed and mobile) of about one telephone per 100 inhabitants, slightly above the average for Sub- Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa). But with most phone lines concentrated in the Kampala area, rural teledensity was far lower. Indeed, only 380 of the 920 subcounties in Uganda were expected to have any kind of telephone service by 2001.

Publication | 2008

Output-Based Aid in Mongolia: Expanding Telecommunications Services to Rural Areas

Access to telecommunications services has been extremely limited in the remote and sparsely populated areas of Mongolia. Several factors have conspired against achieving universal access on a purely commercial basis—the country’s vast and challenging geography, the nomadic lifestyle of the rural population, government ownership and incumbent control of the long-distance transmission network.

Publication | 2009

Output-Based Aid in Telecommunications: New Models for Universal Access in Latin America

During the 1990s many Latin American countries developed universal access programs, financed through universal service funds, to increase telecommunications access in rural and low-income areas.

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