Output-based Aid

Yogita Mumssen

ISBN 10: 0821381881 / ISBN 13: 9780821381885

Edité par BERTRAMS PRINT ON DEMAND Apr 2010, 2010

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Neuware - This book reviews the experience of nearly 200 output-based aid (OBA) projects in six sectors. Advantages of the approach include efficient targeting of subsidies to poor households. OBA has also demonstrated that monitoring for results is possible. This study will be a reference for OBA practitioners, donors, and governments.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780821381885

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Output-based Aid
• Éditeur: BERTRAMS PRINT ON DEMAND Apr 2010
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0821381881
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780821381885
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu

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Synopsis

Developing country governments and the development aid community are acutely aware of the need to find more effective ways to improve basic living conditions for the poor, as traditional approaches of delivering public support have not always led to the results intended. 'Results-based financing' (RBF) instruments, which tie the disbursement of public funding to the achievement of pre-agreed results, are now recognized as one important piece of the aid delivery puzzle. The aim of these instruments is to enhance the effectiveness of public funding. It provides a practical understanding of the experience with output-based aid (OBA), a results-based instrument that is being used to deliver basic infrastructure and social services to the poor, including through public-private partnerships. OBA has been used in the World Bank Group since 2002, including more recently through the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid which has a mandate to design and test OBA approaches. The authors analyze nearly 200 OBA projects in water and sanitation, energy, health, roads, telecommunications, and education. The piloting phase of OBA has in general been a success and OBA has demonstrated clear advantages over traditional approaches in terms of efficiently targeting subsidies and mobilizing the private sector to serve poor households that would otherwise go without an improved service. OBA has also demonstrated that monitoring for results is possible - if appropriate systems are put in place. As the first comprehensive review of OBA in eight years, it will be an essential reference for infrastructure and social services sector experts and OBA practitioners around the world.