New Perspectives on Results-Based Blended Finance for Cities: Innovative Finance Solutions for Climate-Smart Infrastructure
This report offers innovative ideas for cities and development partners to use their limited public funds and direct policy decisions to leverage private sector…
Date: 2019
Type: Publications
Tags: Climate Change
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
Type: Publications
Tags: Energy
Expanding Electrification to Low-income Households in Rural Ghana with Microfinance
In Ghana, blended finance helped improve affordability for rural Ghanaian household investments in off-grid renewable energy technologies. Local banks extended credit blended with concessional finance from the World Bank to rural low-income households for acquisition, installation and…
Date: 2018
Type: Publications
Tags: Energy
Building the Market for Urban Sanitation in Ghana
In Ghana, output-based aid (OBA) was used to improve affordability for households in crowded low-income areas of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) to invest in improved household toilets. OBA was provided as a subsidy to reduce the upfront cost for toilets and stimulate demand, which in…
Date: 2018
Type: Publications
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Expanding Hygienic Sanitation in Rural Bangladesh with Microfinance
Output-based aid (OBA) is helping low-income households in rural Bangladesh access microloans to invest in hygienic sanitation facilities. The OBA grant subsidizes the cost of the facilities, reducing the overall cost for cash-constrained households, and the microloans help them to spread…
Date: 2018
Type: Publications
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Kenya: Using Private Financing to Improve Water Services
This note describes efforts by the government of Kenya, the World Bank and other development partners to improve access to commercial finance for water and sanitation projects, within the context of sector reforms and innovative financing initiatives.
Date: 2018
Type: Publications
Maximizing Finance for Development for the Poor
Given the significant financing gap to meet the needs of developing countries and achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, governments, multilaterals and other development partners are increasingly looking to the private sector to help fill this gap. This means applying…
Date: 2018
Type: Publications
Tags: Other, Public-Private Partnerships
WEST BANK AND GAZA Cleaner Cities with PPPs and Innovative Financing Approaches
In partnership with the World Bank and IFC, The Global Partnership for Results-Based Approaches (GPRBA) provided a grant in the amount of $8.3 million, which incentivized local governments to improve both solid
waste services and revenue administration.
Date: 2018
Type: Publications
Leveraging Performance-Based Financing and Accountability for Local Governments
A South-South Knowledge Exchange (SSKE) Workshop on Leveraging Performance-Based Financing and Accountability for Local Governments was held in New Delhi on 9 May 2017 and in Kolkata on 10-11 May 2017. The Workshop brought together over fifty leaders, senior government functionaries, and…Date: 2017
Type: Publications
Tags: Independent Verification
Infrastructure Verification Handbook: Indonesia
This handbook provides guidance for Indonesian National Government Internal Auditor (BPKP) team in the field on conducting the verification of outputs for the Government of Indonesia Specific Purpose Grants (DAK) infrastructure. This handbook is created as part of collaboration between the Ministry…Date: 2017
Type: Publications
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Innovations in Finance: Indonesia
In 2010 the World Bank approved a US$220 million loan for a Local Government and Decentralization project in Indonesia. The project aims to improve the accountability and reporting of the central government’s Specific Purpose Grants (DAK). Piloted in four infrastructure sub-sectors—irrigation,…
Date: 2017
Type: Publications
Tags: Water and Sanitation
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
Type: Publications
Tags: Urban Transport
Paying for Performance: An Analysis of Output-Based Aid in Education
In 2014-2015, Results for Development Institute (R4D) conducted a scoping study on the potential for OBA in education for GPOBA. This report provides the…
Date: 2016
Type: Publications
Tags: Education
Results-Based Financing for Water Service Providers in Kenya
The Water Services Trust Fund of Kenya (WSTF) is administering an output-based aid (OBA) program that provides financial incentives to water service providers to invest in rehabilitation and expansion of water and sanitation infrastructure. The objective of the program is to improve the…
Date: 2015
Type: Publications
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Scaling Up Blended Financing of Water and Sanitation Investments in Kenya
This note looks at a series of interventions undertaken by the Government of Kenya (GoK), with support from the World Bank and other development partners, to improve access to commercial finance in the water and sanitation sector. It describes recent sector reforms and innovative financing…
Date: 2015
Type: Publications
Tags: Water and Sanitation
Surge in Solar-Powered Homes Experience in Off-Grid Rural Bangladesh
This report, sponsored by GPOBA, assesses the welfare impact of Bangladesh's rapid solar home systems (SHS) expansion on households, and evaluates the…
Date: 2015
Type: Publications
Tags: Energy
Results-based financing for municipal solid waste
Municipal solid waste management (MSW) is a crucial service provided by cities around the world, but is often inefficient and underperforming in developing countries. Low-income countries face the most acute challenges with solid waste management, with cities collecting less than half the…
Date: 2014
Type: Publications
Tags: Solid Waste Management
The Use of Output-Based Aid in Small Scale Irrigation Schemes in Developing Countries
This report has been completed to explore the use of output-based aid (OBA) as a financing mechanism to support the development and operation of small-scale irrigation schemes in developing countries. The specific objectives of the report were to:
Date: 2014
Type: Publications
Tags: Climate Change, Other
Applying Results-Based Financing in Water Investments
A Guide to Results-Based Financing in Water Investments
Given the broad array of issues and the complexity faced by the water sector as a whole (from irrigation to flood protection, to water conservation and hydropower), there is great demand for future exploring the potential of…
Date: 2014
Type: Publications
Tags: Water and Sanitation
From the Bottom Up: How Small Power Producers and Mini-Grids Can Deliver Electrification and Renewable Energy in Africa
GPOBA co-financed with the Africa Renewable Energy and Access Program (AFREA) and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) the development of From the Bottom Up: How Small Power Producers and Mini-Grids Can Deliver Electrification and Renewable Energy in Africa,"under the Africa…Date: 2014
Type: Publications
Tags: Energy
