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Review of Results-Based Financing (RBF) Schemes in WASH

Created Feb 26 2015, 12:00 AM by Saul E. Gonzalez
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RBF is an alternative to conventional funding mechanisms for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene projects. Donors have been trying Results-Based Financing (RBF) in WASH since at least the mid-1990s, but until now there have been no comprehensive evaluations of RBF in WASH. This report summarizes findings from an investigation into whether RBF works in WASH, in what circumstances, how, and why. The study was managed and financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Downloadable 167pp report and Executive summary available at:

Bibliographic information
Castalia Strategic Advisors (2015). Review of Results-Based Financing (RBF) Schemes in WASH - A Report to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Castalia Strategic Advisors