Policy Brief - Governance: Institutionalization of Results-based Financing in Zimbabwe 

This brief discusses the evolution of RBF governance mechanisms that resulted in institutionalization of RBF in the Ministry of Health and Child Care and Government of Zimbabwe structures. The brief discusses the (i) evolution of governance institutional arrangements; (ii) implications of RBF governance institutionalization on pre-existing institutional arrangements, roles, and responsibilities at centralized and decentralized levels and stakeholder engagement; (iii) the challenges that were faced during the RBF governance institutionalization and strategies that were devised to overcome the challenges; and (iv) how RBF governance institutionalization can be further strengthened.