A Toolkit on Performance-Based Contracting for Health Services: A new publication in the HNP Series, with support from WBI, provides governments, task teams, NGOs, and other interested stakeholders with a practical, “how-to” guide to contracting.
Author/s: Petra Vergeer, Deirdre Rogers, Richard Brennan, Shiril Sarcar
Ministries of Health and development agencies in a number of post-conflict countries have adopted PBC – in Liberia, government contracting of NGOs to deliver health services after years of conflict is improving availability and quality, and strengthening government capacity. Selecting the right indicators is challenging but is key to success.
The HRBF Survey Firm TOR details the activities for the firm responsible for piloting, hiring field staff, training, pre-testing, field work, and data entry.
The HRBF Impact Evaluation Coordinator TOR details the activities for the individual responsible for managing day-to-day operations of the Survey Firm, under direct supervision of a C-PI.
The Impact Evaluation Network is providing a number of key recommendations to Country Principal Investigators (C-PI) in order to standardize field work operations and quality assurance for impact evaluations across the HRBF program.
This toolkit provides practical advice to anyone involved in, or who is interested in becoming involved in, performance-based contracting of health services with non-state providers in developing countries.
Designed as a guide for aid practitioners and policymakers in developing countries, this book gathers cases of innovative, output-based approaches from across the infrastructure and social sectors, including construction of schools and IT learning facilities, energy, primary health care, roads, telecommunications, and water.
