Output-Based Aid: Lessons Learned and Best Practices (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780821381885)

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.

Author: Yogita Mumssen,Lars Johannes,Geeta Kumar
ISBN-10: 0821381881
ISBN-13: 9780821381885
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2010
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 06/01/2011 pg. 99