Performance-Based Financing Toolkit

Performance-based financing approaches have expanded rapidly in lower-and middle income countries, and especially in Africa. This toolkit answers the most pressing issues related to the supply-side RBF programs of which PBF forms part.

Economics-and-Ethics-of-Results-Based-Financing-for-Family-Planning-discussion-paper.png

Economics and Ethics of Results-Based Financing in Family Planning

A paper developed for World Bank task team leaders and teams designing results-based financing programs in family planning. This article explores the rationale for introducing such incentives based on insights from classical and behavioral economics, to respond to supply- and demand-side barriers to using family planning services.

Improving Health Care for Rural Mothers and Children in Panama

A Results-Based Financing approach in Panama’s health sector is providing the rural poor with continuous access to a package of health services known to improve mother and child health care.

Previous Pause Next

RBF Homepage

All Things RBF Blog

Do voucher programs really work? A recent review of 28 maternal health voucher schemes reveals five takeaways.

Pharaoh Mlambo, a health field officer with Cordaid, answers five questions about his work with RBF facilities in Gwanda District, Zimbabwe.

With less than 750 days to go, Bruno Meessen (ITM, Antwerp) and Olivier Basenya (MoH, Burundi) report on a donor meeting on Scaling up results-based financing for faster progress towards the Health MDGs.

RBF: A Proven Model for Better Maternal and Child Health - World Bank President Jim Kim announces more money for RBF programs.

Ayodeji Odutolu shares his perspectives of being a doctor and how Performance-Based Financing boosts quality of health care in Nigeria.

Toby Eccles and Peter Nicholas blog about Development Impact Bonds (DIBs) as the next step in the effort to make health financing/development aid smarter.

Jacqueline Sibanda attended Women Deliver 2013 and asks "Can RBF Deliver for Women?"

Have a suggestion or comment? Contact us

Results Spotlight

Using RBF to Achieve Maternal and Child Health Progress Report 2013

This report outlines the successes, challenges, and lessons learned over the past five years of using RBF to improve access and quality of health services for women and children in the poorest countries. Our experience so far indicates that RBF approaches can strengthen core health systems, make them more accountable and deliver greater value for money, by shifting the focus from inputs to results.