GPOBA Annual Report 2017
GPOBA was established in 2003 to explore output-based approaches to basic service provision. It is housed within the World Bank’s Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice (GSURR). Over its 14 years in operation, GPOBA has built a diverse portfolio of 48 subsidy projects in 28…
Date: 2017
Type: Annual Reports
OBA in Infrastructure: The Experience So Far
Increasing access to basic infrastructure services is critical to reducing poverty and enabling poor and marginalized people to participate in and benefit from economic development.
Too often, however, the gap between the cost of the initial service connection and a user’s ability to pay…
Date: 2017
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Energy, Water and Sanitation
Output-Based Aid for Urban Transport
Urban transport systems are crucial to economic and social development, and are particularly important for connecting poor populations to jobs, education, and health services. As the developing world rapidly urbanizes, there is an opportunity to build safer, cleaner, and more inclusive transport…
Date: 2017
Type: OBApproaches
Tags: Urban Transport
Uganda Grid-Based Output-Based Aid Project
The OBA facility supported provision of over 105,000 grid connections for poor households (525,000 residents) in urban, peri-urban, and rural areas, representing about 10 percent of new connections country-wide from 2013–2016.
The GPOBA grant, which was fully utilized four months before…
Date: 2017
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Energy
Decentralized Electricity for Universal Access in Bolivia
The GPOBA project, which was approved in 2007, built on the experience of the Infrastructure for Rural Transformation (IDTR) project. It was comprised of grants totaling $5.2 million to support the provision of electricity under the framework of the Government’s universal access strategy. The…
Date: 2017
Type: Lessons Learned
Tags: Energy
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
Results-Based Climate Finance in Practice : Delivering Climate Finance for Low-Carbon Development
Results-based financing is a well-established financing modality in the health and education sectors but it is still in an early stage of deployment in the area of climate change. This report reviews 74 results-based climate financing (RBCF) programs implemented in developing countries with an…
Date: 2017
Type: Other Publications
