Results-Based Financing in Education : Learning from What Works

Results-based financing (RBF) has gained popularity in the international development community because of its potential to make education spending more effective and efficient. In the education sector, RBF has been primarily applied to four levels:...

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Main Authors: Lee, Jessica D., Medina, Octavio
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/915061548222619389/Results-Based-Financing-in-Education-Learning-from-What-Works
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spelling okr-10986-312502021-05-25T09:21:27Z Results-Based Financing in Education : Learning from What Works Lee, Jessica D. Medina, Octavio TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TEACHER ABSENTEEISM RESULTS-BASED FINANCING INCENTIVE SCHEME EDUCATION FOR ALL CONDITIONALITY EQUITY EDUCATION INVESTMENT STUDENT LEARNING CASH TRANSFERS Results-based financing (RBF) has gained popularity in the international development community because of its potential to make education spending more effective and efficient. In the education sector, RBF has been primarily applied to four levels: teachers; students and families; schools; and governments. The results overall have been mixed, with some notable successes and some disappointing experiences. This report explores when and how RBF can help achieve better impacts in education. While there is no rigorous evidence available to suggest that RBF on its own is better at producing learning outcomes relative to other development financing modalities, there is a significant amount of research that shows RBF can have positive effects by incentivizing specific stakeholders in the education system. In addition, there is operational evidence available on how RBF can be designed and implemented with country partners more effectively. It is important for practitioners and policymakers to learn from this evidence as the RBF portfolio in education grows across development agencies. 2019-02-08T19:45:43Z 2019-02-08T19:45:43Z 2019-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/915061548222619389/Results-Based-Financing-in-Education-Learning-from-What-Works http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31250 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa
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topic TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
RESULTS-BASED FINANCING
INCENTIVE SCHEME
EDUCATION FOR ALL
CONDITIONALITY
EQUITY
EDUCATION INVESTMENT
STUDENT LEARNING
CASH TRANSFERS
spellingShingle TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
RESULTS-BASED FINANCING
INCENTIVE SCHEME
EDUCATION FOR ALL
CONDITIONALITY
EQUITY
EDUCATION INVESTMENT
STUDENT LEARNING
CASH TRANSFERS
Lee, Jessica D.
Medina, Octavio
Results-Based Financing in Education : Learning from What Works
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description Results-based financing (RBF) has gained popularity in the international development community because of its potential to make education spending more effective and efficient. In the education sector, RBF has been primarily applied to four levels: teachers; students and families; schools; and governments. The results overall have been mixed, with some notable successes and some disappointing experiences. This report explores when and how RBF can help achieve better impacts in education. While there is no rigorous evidence available to suggest that RBF on its own is better at producing learning outcomes relative to other development financing modalities, there is a significant amount of research that shows RBF can have positive effects by incentivizing specific stakeholders in the education system. In addition, there is operational evidence available on how RBF can be designed and implemented with country partners more effectively. It is important for practitioners and policymakers to learn from this evidence as the RBF portfolio in education grows across development agencies.
format Publications & Research
author Lee, Jessica D.
Medina, Octavio
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Medina, Octavio
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title Results-Based Financing in Education : Learning from What Works
title_short Results-Based Financing in Education : Learning from What Works
title_full Results-Based Financing in Education : Learning from What Works
title_fullStr Results-Based Financing in Education : Learning from What Works
title_full_unstemmed Results-Based Financing in Education : Learning from What Works
title_sort results-based financing in education : learning from what works
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/915061548222619389/Results-Based-Financing-in-Education-Learning-from-What-Works
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