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Overall objective: to increase understanding and awareness of OBA approaches, how an output‐based scheme works differently than the traditional input‐ based projects; and to show how OBA schemes can improve the delivery of basic services to low‐ income communities and individuals in developing countries.
Activities included the production of two versions of a documentary video on GPOBA's Honduras OBA Facility for water and sanitation services. Each of these productions will have a Spanish and English version .
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This ICR was important as it was the first OBA Facility prepared and implemented by the World Bank.
The tasks included:
- Review of Program Documentation.
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- Field visits.
- Consolidation of ICR findings and recommendations.
- Consultations on Draft Report.
All data and analytical materials were prepared and used in multiple knowledge products with practical applications for GPOBA clients. Given that non‐mandatory ICRs are costly and time‐intensive while have a limited use, it was decided to focus on lessons and readable/accessible knowledge products. This policy would apply to all non‐mandatory ICRs (i.e., where the grant was below $5 million). A GRM was to be prepared.
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Beneficiaries of this GPOBA water and sanitation project in Honduras briefly describe how they enjoy better health, save time, income and cleanliness stemming from this program.
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In Honduras, millions of people lack access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation services. Current public and private investment is not enough to provide the poor with access to these basic services. Through an innovative, results-based financing mechanism called output-based aid, the World Bank, the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) and the Government of Honduras connected 87,000 low-income residents to water and sanitation services.
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News Release No. 2008/8
In Washington:
Cathy Russell, tel. (+1-202) 458 8124 crussell@worldbank.org
Tegucigalpa, Honduras – August 8, 2008 – The Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS) and the National Autonomous Aqueducts and Sewer Systems Service (SANAA) signed a contract to implement a clean water project for 16 poor neighborhoods in the suburbs of Tegucigalpa. The project is the first to be financed through the Honduran Output-Based Aid (OBA) facility, a fund for improving water and sanitation services available to poor communities throughout Honduras. The OBA facility was established in June 2007 with a US$4.5 million grant from GPOBA. The “Developing Neighborhoods” project aims to improve the health of inhabitants of 16 poor neighborhoods in the suburbs of Tegucigalpa by providing adequate clean water services. The project will install household connections and ‘micro meters’ for 7,812 households, benefiting 47,658 people in total.
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The World Bank and President Manuel Zelaya Rosales work to meet Millennium Development Goals in Honduras through US$4.5M Output Based Aid grant
Tegucigalpa, Honduras – June 19, 2007 - The President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya Rosales formally signed a US$4,500,000 grant agreement today with the World Bank’s Global Partnership on Output Based Aid (GPOBA) to establish a fund for improving water and sanitation services available to poor communities throughout Honduras. In this latest effort to help meet the World Bank’s Millennium Development Goals, GPOBA will partner with the Honduran Fund for Social Investment (Fondo Hondureño de Inversió Social, or FHIS) to create a framework for contributions from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), The Netherlands Ministry of Development Cooperation (DGIS) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - a member of the World Bank Group. The grant will provide the financial means to develop a Honduran Output Based Aid (OBA) facility that is expected to support projects benefiting approximately 40,000 poor households.
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In Honduras, millions of people lack access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation services. Current public and private investment is not enough to provide the poor with access to these basic services. Through an innovative, results-based financing mechanism called output-based aid, the World Bank, the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) and the Government of Honduras connected 87,000 low-income residents to water and sanitation services.
This video includes testimonials from beneficiaries, who describe the hardships they faced and the difference that access to water and sanitation made in their lives. Representatives from the NGOs involved in the project explain the benefits of financing projects through output-based aid, and the role the communities played in connecting low-income residents. Linking incentives to results, OBA has improved health and increased access to water and sanitation services, making water a priority for the poor.
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"Partnership in Honduras: Output-Based Aid in Water and Sanitation"