The World Bank invited attendees of Women Deliver 2013 to join a conversation about using Results-Based Financing (RBF) approaches to improve access to health services and health outcomes for mothers, newborns and children in developing countries. The Health Results Innovation Trust Fund (HRITF) presented promising data that is starting to come in from its portfolio of RBF programs.
3. Definition of RBF
Results-Based Financing (RBF) is a cash payment or nonmonetary
transfer made to a national or sub-national government, manager,
provider, payer or consumer of health services after predefined results
have been attained and verified.
RBF is an umbrella term that encompasses various types of
interventions that target beneficiaries (for example, conditional cash
transfers), providers (for example, performance-based financing),
and country governments (for example, cash on delivery).
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14. Increased Accountability: Nigeria
“The need for
solid evidence
and results has
increased for both
governments and
donor agencies.”
Dr. Muhammad Pate, Minister of State
for Health, Federal Ministry of Health,
Government of Nigeria, in an interview
with the HRITF in March 2012.
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15. Beneficiary Perspective
“Not many children are
dying anymore, I would
like to thank RBF.”
Teclar Gohori , a beneficiary of an RBF program now covering 387 facilities in Zimbabwe – mainly
rural clinics – in 18 health districts.
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