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When the Money Runs out: Do Cash Transfers Have Sustained Effects on Human Capital Accumulation?

This study examines the medium-term effects of a two-year cash transfer program targeted to adolescent girls and young women. Significant declines in HIV prevalence, teen pregnancy, and early marriage among recipients of unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) during the program evaporated quickly two years after the cessation of transfers. However, children born to UCT beneficiaries during […]

September 29, 2021

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Results-Based Financing in The Gambia: Innovatively Contracting Communities and Health Facilities

This article provides a description of the complementarity nature of the supply-side PBF scheme and the community-based RBF scheme implemented in The Gambia, particularly highlighting their specific features, including nutrition, Social and Behavioral Change Communication and the use of existing structures.

September 29, 2021

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Provider Payment in Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review

Community-based health insurance (CBI) is a common mechanism to generate financial resources for health care in developing countries. We review for the first time provider payment methods used in CBI in developing countries and their impact on CBI performance. We conducted a systematic review of the literature on provider payment methods used by CBI in developing […]

September 29, 2021

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More Choices for Women: Vouchers for Reproductive Health Services in Kenya and Uganda

This feature article describes how voucher programs for safe motherhood services and management of STIs in Uganda and Kenya are helping improve health outcomes for the poor. Voucher programs take time and investment to design and administer, but the evidence suggests they can increase access to essential services and enable facilities to be more responsive […]

September 29, 2021

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Independent Verification in Results-Based Financing

With pressure for greater accountability and value for money in public budgets, widening the use of RBF and setting up adequate independent mechanisms to verify results is becoming increasingly important. In January 2012, the World Bank launched the Program-for-Results (PforR), an innovative financing instrument that disburses funds upon delivery of verified results in developing country […]

September 28, 2021

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Measuring Maternal Child Health Care in Health Results Based Financing Impact Evaluations (IE)

This presentation provides principles and examples of how to measure maternal-child health care in RBF impact evaluations. The presenters highlight generic conceptual models, share common IE designs, and share examples of core indicators to track.

September 27, 2021

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Taking Stock of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems in the Health Sector: Findings From Rwanda and Uganda

In the context of sector-wide approaches and the considerable funding being put into the health sectors of low-income countries, the need to invest in well-functioning national health sector monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems is widely acknowledged. Regardless of the approach adopted, an important first step in any strategy for capacity development is to diagnose the […]

September 27, 2021