Output-Based Aid : Supporting Infrastructure Delivery Through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies
Increasing access to basic infrastructure, and social services is critical to reducing poverty, and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, increasing access is a challenge because of the gap between what it costs to deliver a d...
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okr-10986-110462021-04-23T14:02:53Z Output-Based Aid : Supporting Infrastructure Delivery Through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies World Bank BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC SERVICES BENCHMARK CREDIT RATING DELIVERY OF SERVICES ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENTREPRENEURS EXTERNALITIES GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS POLITICAL COMMITMENT POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC PUBLIC FUNDING PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY MECHANISMS SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS USER CHARGES WATER SERVICES Increasing access to basic infrastructure, and social services is critical to reducing poverty, and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, increasing access is a challenge because of the gap between what it costs to deliver a desired level of service, and what can be funded through user charges. Subsidies have often played a role in funding this gap, for a variety of socio-economic reasons. However, given the political commitment by a number of countries to increase aid flows, but at the same time the mounting concerns of aid effectiveness, it is critical that subsidies be linked to the actual delivery of services, or "outputs." One way to do this is through Output-Based aid (OBA), a strategy for using explicit performance-based subsidies to deliver basic services-such as water, sanitation, electricity, transport, telecommunications, education, and health care-where policy concerns would justify public funding to complement, or replace user fees. OBA can help improve aid effectiveness by: increasing accountability; improving transparency; increasing value for money; and, reducing economic distortions. 2012-08-13T13:59:03Z 2012-08-13T13:59:03Z 2005-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/6672639/output-based-aid-supporting-infrastructure-delivery-through-explicit-performance-based-subsidies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11046 English OBApproaches; Note No. 5 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC SERVICES BENCHMARK CREDIT RATING DELIVERY OF SERVICES ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENTREPRENEURS EXTERNALITIES GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS POLITICAL COMMITMENT POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC PUBLIC FUNDING PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY MECHANISMS SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS USER CHARGES WATER SERVICES |
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BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC SERVICES BENCHMARK CREDIT RATING DELIVERY OF SERVICES ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENTREPRENEURS EXTERNALITIES GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS POLITICAL COMMITMENT POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC PUBLIC FUNDING PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY MECHANISMS SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS USER CHARGES WATER SERVICES World Bank Output-Based Aid : Supporting Infrastructure Delivery Through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies |
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Increasing access to basic
infrastructure, and social services is critical to reducing
poverty, and achieving the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs). However, increasing access is a challenge because of
the gap between what it costs to deliver a desired level of
service, and what can be funded through user charges.
Subsidies have often played a role in funding this gap, for
a variety of socio-economic reasons. However, given the
political commitment by a number of countries to increase
aid flows, but at the same time the mounting concerns of aid
effectiveness, it is critical that subsidies be linked to
the actual delivery of services, or "outputs." One
way to do this is through Output-Based aid (OBA), a strategy
for using explicit performance-based subsidies to deliver
basic services-such as water, sanitation, electricity,
transport, telecommunications, education, and health
care-where policy concerns would justify public funding to
complement, or replace user fees. OBA can help improve aid
effectiveness by: increasing accountability; improving
transparency; increasing value for money; and, reducing
economic distortions. |
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Output-Based Aid : Supporting Infrastructure Delivery Through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies |
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Output-Based Aid : Supporting Infrastructure Delivery Through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies |
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Output-Based Aid : Supporting Infrastructure Delivery Through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies |
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Output-Based Aid : Supporting Infrastructure Delivery Through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies |
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Output-Based Aid : Supporting Infrastructure Delivery Through Explicit and Performance-Based Subsidies |
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output-based aid : supporting infrastructure delivery through explicit and performance-based subsidies |
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2012 |
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