Results-Based Financing Project

Results-Based Financing Project

About

NORRAG was commissioned by the World Bank’s Results in Education for All Children (REACH) program to conduct research on Results-Based Financing (RBF). In this project, the NORRAG team built on its expertise on innovative financing for education to examine the evidence around the use and impact of Results-Based Financing (RBF) at the meso-level of the education system, specifically in low- and middle-income countries. That is, an exploration of how RBF has been used to incentivise actors who are in charge of education system management and administration at local government and school level.

The project included an analysis of the theoretical and empirical literature on what works under what conditions in providing incentives to education managers to focus on results. This review of the literature is complemented by a comprehensive examination of past and current projects that include results-based financing and results-based management interventions around the world.

The study contributes to the global evidence base on results-based financing and provides lessons on the use of RBF in the meso-level of the education sector, as well as recommendations for strengthening the link between results and funding. Ultimately, it is part of NORRAG’s effort to build empirical evidence on what works and what does not work in using innovative financing for improving equitable and inclusive quality education. The research report is accompanied by a Practitioners’ Guide (coming soon) that provides practical recommendations and advice on implementing the findings of the full research report into practice.

Research papers

Results-Based Financing in Education for Sub-National Government and School Administrators: A Conceptual Framework and Practical Recommendations

The study contributes to the global evidence base on Results-based Financing (RBF) and provides lessons on the use of RBF in the meso-level of the education sector, as well as recommendations for strengthening the link between results and funding. Ultimately, it is part of NORRAG’s effort to build empirical evidence on what works and what does not work in using innovative financing for improving equitable and inclusive quality education.

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Results-Based Financing in Education for Sub-National Government and School Administrators: A Practitioners’ Guide

This Practitioners’ Guide provides practical recommendations and advice on implementing the findings of the full research report on results-based financing in education for sub-national governments and school administrators.

Coming soon