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May 27, 2011
This paper assesses the challenges of applying COD Aid in the health sector. After clarifying how COD Aid differs from results-based financing approaches, the paper presents four key characteristics for designing a successful agreement. It discusses features of the health sector and foreign aid flow...
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May 10, 2011
Shafik highlights a key issue for aid practitioners: donors and recipients need the freedom to take risks, to experiment with new approaches, and to learn from failure as well as success. She emphasizes that evaluation and learning depend on transparency to allow citizens of recipient countries to h...
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April 14, 2011
This paper analyzes some of the elements that cause the perception in the realm of social policy that too little evidence is produced and used on the impact of specific policies and programs on human development. They propose we develop Results-Based Social Policy Design and Implementation systems t...
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March 29, 2011
Traditional donor financing mechanisms tend to track inputs instead of results, lack transparency, accountability, and country ownership. These inefficiencies waste resources, erode the trust of aid constituencies, and fail to improve the lives of the poor. TrAid+ is a new mechanism that aims to add...