Independent research & practical ideas for global prosperity Cash on Delivery Aid | January 2012
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COD Aid in the Media |
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Reflecting on Bill Gates’ Innovation with Impact report, aimed at G20 leaders and focusing on creative methods to source more development financing, the Clinton Health Access Initiative has detailed benefits of adopting a COD approach to aid. In a blog post written for Malaria No More UK, CHAI provides a clear account of COD Aid and its key advantages, with emphasis on potential benefits for health priorities, specifically malaria and maternal mortality. | ||||
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The Clinton Health Access Initiative is currently developing proposals for COD Aid for sustaining malaria control and reducing maternal mortality. The UK Department for International Development is moving forward with a nationwide COD Aid pilot in the education sector in Ethiopia. Payments will be based on each student above a baseline that takes a grade 10 exam, with additional payments for students that pass the exam, and higher payments for girls than boys, and for students in emerging regions. DFID is in the process of working with groups that will conduct the independent verification of reported results, and an evaluation of the pilot program. | ||||
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Over the course of last year, the COD Aid team watched enthusiasm grow for the idea of testing results-based aid – an innovative approach that seeks to focus on outcomes and improve the existing relationships between donors and recipient country governments, and recipient country governments and their citizens. We saw at the High Level Forum in Busan that there is a serious focus on quality measures of results, which we heavily emphasize whenever we talk about Cash on Delivery. A number of organizations, with whom we continue to collaborate, are exploring how they can use the COD Aid model to increase their focus on achieving and measuring sustainable results. We look forward to seeing the implementation and evaluation of their pilot programs throughout 2012.
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