The effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic are being felt throughout the world economy, exposing the limited capacity of many countries’ healthcare systems. A robust health sector that meets basic needs is more critical than ever and is directly linked to an economy’s well-being.
Those most harshly affected during a crisis are the poor, who suffer disproportionately greater disruptions in their attempt to survive, even under normal circumstances. GPRBA is committed to supporting low-income and vulnerable communities; especially during the COVID-19 crisis. We need to support recovery efforts to build resilience and sustainable, high-quality health care services for those most in need.
This videoblog explains how results-based financing has been successful in providing basic infrastructure and social services to low income households; some case studies are cited along with three basic things about this optional approach to development financing.
This brief presents key lessons learned from GPRBA's maternal health project in Uganda, in which vouchers were introduced for the first time in a healthcare context in the World Bank’s Africa region. (This paper received first place in the "Smart Lessons Private Sector Participation in the Health Special Competition).
While the number of health projects supported by GPRBA are few in number, they have served to demonstrate the effectiveness of RBF in certain contexts and help meet one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
This World Bank-administered trust fund's focus is to improve maternal and child health around the world using results-based financing. Norad and DfID co-sponsor HRITF (also known as RBF Health), which was founded in 2007.
The publication by Cordaid describes how RBF can be used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, both to mitigate the spread of the virus and to maintain the availability and quality of health services.