Identifying the Potential for Results-Based Financing for Sanitation

- World Bank Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). November 2011
- This working paper aims to identify practical ideas for advancing the use of innovative financing mechanisms focused on results and performance, with a view to supporting the delivery of sustainable sanitation services. To this end, the document reviews: (1) The rationale for examining Results-Based Financing (RBF) instruments for sanitation; (2) Current issues with sanitation, where -misaligned incentives- mean that inadequate services are being provided or demanded; (3) How public funding, if allocated based on results, could help with realigning incentives; and (4) Common issues and challenges with the design of RBF instruments.
- Geographical coverage: Global
- Main themes: Financing, Sanitation, Utility services
- Main target audience: Financial community, Practitioners
- Main purpose: Advocacy
- Type of resource: Good practices, Working paper
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