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REACH ANNUAL REPORTS
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MEDIA
Results-based Financing and Performance Incentives in Education: New Evidence in the Literature Louisee Cruz | March 2022
Country-Level Analysis: Results-Based Financing (RBF) in Education in Mozambique, Nepal and Tanzania) Catherine Dom; Alasdair Fraser; Joseph Holden, John Patch | July 2021
- Mozambique: An Assessment of RBF in Education - Final Assessment Report | Patch, John; Holden, Joseph; Ruhumbika, Francis | July 2021
- Tanzania: An Assessment of RBF in Education - Final Assessment Report | Dom,Catherine; Fraser,Alasdair; Mhina,Edward Hiza | July 2021
Review of Results-Based Financing in Education: Learning from What Works | Jessica Lee and Octavio Medina, December 2018
REACH Strategy Paper: Financing Results to Strengthen Systems | Jessica Lee and Peter Holland, March 1, 2017
Results in Education for All Children (REACH): Assessment of the Pilot Year | Peter Anthony Holland, January 2016
Results-Based Financing in Education for Subnational Government and School Administrators: A Conceptual Framework and Practical Recommendations | Arushi Terway; Nicholas R Burnett; Marina Dreux Frotté | April 2022 | Complete report
Results-Based Financing Interventions in Education: Do they Increase Inequality of Outcomes? | Youdi Schipper; Menno Prasad Pradhan | April 2022 | Complete report
Using impact bonds in education in low- and middle-income countries: An evidence review | Angus Elsby; Rebecca Smith; Lilly Monk; James Ronicle | April 2022 | Complete report.
Learning lessons for education from the use of results-based financing (RBF) in health | Rose Tuyeni Peter; Helen Redpath; Louise Savell; Anja Smith; Nick Taylor; Zaahedah Vally; Jodi Wishnia | April 2022 | Complete report.
Read@Home - Embedding Track and Trace in Book Supply Chains| John Snow International | December 2021
- Senegal Final Country Report (English) | (French)
- Sudan Final Country Report (English) | Design Document (English)
- El Salvador Final Country Report (English)| Design Document (English)
- Niger Final Country Report (English) | Design Document (English)
- Cameroon Final Country Report (English)
A Practical Guide for Designing Track and Trace Systems for Teaching and Learning Materials (English) | John Snow International | December 2021 | Complete report.
In-depth analysis of REACH grants, providing evidence and operational lessons helpful in the design and implementation of result-based interventions in education.
Cambodia - Can Results-Based Financing Encourage Parents to Prompt Their Children to Read More Books? | July 2022
Rwanda - Can Results-Based Financing Increase Production and Usage of Supplementary Reading Materials? | Galloway, Catherine Julia Winn; Umulisa, Gakuba Diane; Shaba, Erick; Ndayaho, Paulin; Tusiime, Michael; Mutesi, Lillian; Kidwai, Huma | June 2022
Bangladesh - Can Results-Based Financing Improve the Effectiveness of Online Teacher Training? | Kumar Biswas, Pierre de Galbert, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Carla Z. Glave, and T. M. Asaduzzaman. 2022 | June 2022
Nepal - Can Incentives Drive Publishers to Produce Quality Reading Materials and Schools to Buy and Use Them? | February 2022
Sierra Leone - Can Incentives Encourage Teachers to Participate in Training and Mentorship to Improve Book Utilization | November 2021
India - Can Results-Based Incentives Encourage Teachers to Attend School | Kumar Vivek, Pradyumna Bhattacharjee, Subha Mani, Kumar Avinav | July 2021
Global: Can Results-Based Financing Improve the Effectiveness of Short-Term Education and Skills Training Programs? l Marguerite Clarke, Meghna Sharma and Pradyumna Bhattacharjee June 2021
Mozambique: Can Results-Based Financing Ensure That Books Reach Students in Time for the Start of the School Year? Ayan Kishore, Manuel Madeira, Amanda Quinn | April 2021
India: Strengthening teacher mentoring and monitoring systems. Implications for teacher development. Kumar Vivek, Pradyumna Bhattacharjee, Subha Mani, Avinav Kumar, March 2021 | Paper
Rwanda: Can performance pay for teachers improve students’ learning? Clare Leaver, Owen Ozier, Pieter Serneels, Andrew Zeitlin, January 2021| SIEF policy note | IPA brief
Livros a Tempo Program Final Report: Learning Note Manuel Madeira, November 2020
Mozambique: Results-Based Financing (RBF) for On-Time Book Delivery to Schools in Mozambique. Manuel Madeira, Ayan Kishore, Amanda Quinn, November 2020 | Complete report
Mozambique: Lessons from a Pilot to Assess the Effectiveness of Performance-Based Grants in Primary Schools Marina Bassi and Bruno Besbas | June 2020
Zambia: Can Financial Incentives Improve the Last-Mile Delivery of Textbooks? Seo Yeon Hong, Xiaonan Cao, Mupuwaliywa Mupuwaliywa | May 2020
Cambodia: Can Transparency and Incentives for Community Participation Increase the Supply of Textbooks to Schools? World Education Inc., May 2020 | Complete report
Bangladesh - Can Incentives for Community Authors Reduce Shortages in Minority Language Reading Materials? International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), May 2020 | Complete report
Track and Trace: Can a Digital Book Tracking System Help to Get Books into the Hands of Children? Hadi Baber Khan | May 2020
Peru: What are the challenges in introducing a results-based approach for the selection of school principals? | Renata Lemos, Caio Piza l April 2020
Bangladesh and Nepal: Can Understanding How Middle Managers Make Decisions Help Design Effective Results-Based Financing Mechanisms in Education? T.M. Asaduzzaman, Deepika Ramachandran, Shwetlena Sabarwal l March 2020
South Africa: Results-Based Financing and the Book Supply Chain, Motivating Writers and Publishers to Create Quality Storybooks Room to Read, December 2019 | Complete report | Storybook Recommendations | Versioning Recommendations
Jakarta: Can Self-Evaluations and Soft Performance Contracts Help Schools Achieve Education Standards?
Tazeen Fasih, Kevin Macdonald, Unika Shrestha, Santoso, Wisno Harto Adi Wijoyo, December 2019
Cameroon: Can School Grants and Teacher Incentives be Used to Increase School Access and Improve Quality?
Charles Che, Vincent Perrot, Yevgeniya Savchenko, April 2019
Colombia: Can a Management & Information System Improve Education Quality?
Pedro Cerdan-Infantes and Francisco Zavala Garcia, February 2019
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Can Incentives to Take Home Textbooks Increase Learning?
Jean-Benoit Falisse, Marieke Huysentruyt, and Anders Olofsgård, February 2019
Zanzibar: Can Goal-setting and Incentives Improve Student Performance?
Islam Asadul, Sungoh Kwan, Eema Masood, Nishith Prakash, and Shwetlena Sabarwal, February 2019 | Research Paper
Haiti: Can Preconditions for RBF Be Established in Fragile States?
Melissa Ann Adelman, Juan Baron, and Jonathan David Lehe, September 2018
Mozambique: Can Information and Incentives Increase School Attendance?
Damien de Walque, and Christine Valente, June 2018 | Complete report
Vietnam: Identifying Reliable Predictors of Learning for Results-Based Financing in Education
Mariel F. Musso, Eduardo C. Cascallar, Neda Bostani, and Michael Crawford, May 2018 |
China: Understanding Effective Teaching Practices in Chinese Classrooms
Andrew Coflan, Andrew Ragatz, Amer Hasan, and Yilin Pan, April 2018 | Complete report
Indonesia: Can Performance-Based School Grants Improve Learning?
Samer Al-Samarrai, Unika Shrestha, Amer Hasan, Nozomi Nakajima, Santoso Santoso, and Wisnu Harto Adi Wijoyo, October 2017 | Complete report
Tanzania: Can A Simple Teacher Incentive System Improve Learning?
Isaac Mulangu Mbiti, Mauricio Romero, and Youdi Schipper, September 2017 | Complete report
Concise case studies of results-based financing projects in countries around the world, with a focus on the broader impact on education systems and policy making.
Colombia: Capturing Quality Education Data to Improve Learning Outcomes | April 2022 | Complete report.
Nepal: Using Incentives along the Book Chain to Improve Book Corners | April 2022| Complete report.
Sierra Leone: Boosting Communities of Practice to Strengthen Teaching Practices and Book Use | April 2022 |Complete report.
South Africa: Testing Results-Based Approaches for Book Development and Procurement | April 2022 | Complete report.
Cambodia: Impacting Policy through Evidence Gathered from REACH KLI Grants | February 2022| Complete report.
Brazil: Supporting Education Systems to Reduce Learning Poverty | June 2021 | Complete report.
Mozambique: Scaling up Performance-Based School Grants | June 2021 | Complete report.
Peru: Improving the Principal-Appointment Process Using a Results-Based Approach | June 2021 | Complete report.
Cambodia: Impacting Policy through Evidence Gathered from REACH KLI Grants | February 2022| Complete report.
Colombia: Capturing Quality Education Data to Improve Learning Outcomes | April 2022 | Complete report.
Nepal: Using Incentives along the Book Chain to Improve Book Corners | April 2022| Complete report.
Sierra Leone: Boosting Communities of Practice to Strengthen Teaching Practices and Book Use | April 2022 |Complete report.
South Africa: Testing Results-Based Approaches for Book Development and Procurement | April 2022 | Complete report.
Brazil: Supporting Education Systems to Reduce Learning Poverty | June 2021 | Complete report.
Mozambique: Scaling up Performance-Based School Grants | June 2021 | Complete report.
Peru: Improving the Principal-Appointment Process Using a Results-Based Approach | June 2021 | Complete report.
Cambodia: Scaling-up a Successful Digital Book Tracking System for Schools and Homes | August 2020
Morocco: Supporting the Design of Performance-Based Contracts to Improve Results in Education | December 2019
Cameroon: Results-Based Grants and Teacher Incentives Improve Performance at the School Level |December 2019
Jakarta: Regional Results-Based Financing Interventions Inspire National Reforms in Indonesia | December 2019
Tanzania: A Simple Teacher Incentive System Can Improve Learning | December 2019
Highlights from panel discussions with experts and practitioners sharing their experience in the field and practical advice on how to apply results-based approaches.
Teacher Incentives: Can Teachers Be Incentivized to Perform Better? | December 2019
Book Chain: Incentivizing Actors in the Book Chain to Increase Availability of Quality Books for Children | December 2019
Highlights from panel discussions with experts and practitioners sharing their experience in the field and practical advice on how to apply results-based approaches (earlier template, evolved into Practice series).
Implementing a Results-Based Financing Mechanism for Subnational Governments to Improve Education Outcomes |November 2020 |English
Implementando um Mecanismo de Incentivos para os Governos Municipais Melhorarem os Resultados da Educação |November 2020 |Portuguese
Can Impact Bonds Deliver Better Outcomes, Faster and Cheaper? | October 2017
How Can Data Support Results Based Financing? Identification, Collection, and Use of Data | October 2017
Things to Consider in the Design of Performance-Based School Grants: Lessons Learned | June 2017
How are Schools like Clinics? Commonalities in RBF Approaches across Human Development Sectors | November 2016
Do Fiscal Transfers Generate Results? Cross-Sectoral Debate on Results-Based Fiscal Transfers | June 2016
In Ceara, Brazil, mayors have to improve education outcomes to receive more funds
Lars Sondergaard, September 30, 2020
Designing incentives for mid-level officials in India's public sector
Pradyumna Bhattacharjee, Utteeyo Dasgupta, Subha Mani, Kumar Vivek, November 2020
The Secret Behind Storybook Policy
Alisha Niehaus Berger, June 25, 2018
Why We Believe in Results-Based Financing
Jessica Lee and Peter Holland, March 28, 2017
How Results-Based Financing can Help Achieve the SDGs: Dealing with a Refugee Crisis
Peter Holland, April 19, 2016
Myth-Busting: What Happens When You Link Payments to Results in Education Projects
Peter Holland and Christina D. Wright, January 21, 2016
Can School Grants Buy Learning? It’s Debatable
Jessica Lee, December 17, 2015
Do School Grants Buy Student Learning? No
David Evans, December 15, 2015
Can You Buy Results in Education?
Jessica Lee, Peter Holland and Wenna Price, October 15, 2015
Questions and answers feature stories based on interviews with education policymakers and other stakeholders on their experiences and views on the use, benefits and limitations of results-based financing in education.
Results-Based Financing in Education: Peru’s Incentive Program and “Performance Commitments” |Jaime Saavedra, February 2021
Short video clips highlighting perspectives of education policy makers and other stakeholders on the use, benefits and limitations of results-based financing in education.
What lessons have you learned from using results-based financing to improve the book supply chain? Robert Burch, Acting Deputy Director, Center for Education, USAID | Noveber 14, 2022
Why is collaborating on results-based financing important to Global Book Alliance for improving book supply chains? Robert Burch, Acting Deputy Director, Center for Education, USAID | June 22, 2022
How was the results-based framework set up in Peru to improve the performance of local education authorities? Jaime Saavedra, Global Director of Education, the World Bank and former minister of education of Peru, February, 2021
What are the challenges that education ministers face and how can results-based frameworks support their efforts to strengthen the education system? Jaime Saavedra, Global Director of Education, the World Bank and former minister of education of Peru, February, 2021
Lebanon: How RBF will Help Reach All Children with Education
Sonia Khouri, Program Manager, Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education, May 2017
Please find more videos in the Event Resource notes
How Can Results-based Financing Promote Book Development and Reading at Home? | Brown Bag Breakfast | Online | January 27, 2022
Do Monetary Incentives Work to Improve Teacher Training and Teaching Practices? Lessons from Sierra Leone. | Brown Bag Breakfast | Online | November 16, 2021
The Role of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in Improving Education Outcomes |Virtual Book Launch | Online | November 10, 2021
What’s in the Data for Results-Based Financing in Education
Brown Bag Lunch | November 26, 2019
Conversation with Five Development Agencies about Results-Based Financing in Education | Panel Discussion, February 28, 2018
Innovative Financing in Education | Panel Discussion co-hosted with Results for Development (R4D), March 23, 2017
RBF: Silver Bullet or Scattershot? | Panel Discussion in the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference | Atlanta, Georgia, March 5, 2017
Paradigm Shift or Latest Fashion? Results Based Financing in Education | Panel Discussion in the Global Partnership for Education Annual Board Meeting | Oslo, Norway, June 16, 2016
It's Debatable: Fiscal Transfers Don’t Generate Results | Debate co-hosted with the World Bank Governance Global Practice, May 4, 2016
Can School Grants Buy Learning? | Debate, November 24, 2015
Please find more presentations in the Event Resource notes
What’s in the Data for Results-Based Financing in Education
Emily Gustafsson-Wright, November 26, 2019
Results-Based Approaches for Financing Education
Jaime Saavedra, January 21, 2019
Results-Based Approaches for Financing Education
Jessica Lee and Samer Al-Samarrai, January 2019
Enhancing Teacher Education Program for Results: Vietnam
Dung Kieu Vo, September 2016
From Design to Implementation: India Program for Results
Shabnam Sinha, September 2016
Program-for-Results Financing Overview
Imad Saleem, World Bank Group Operations Policy and Country Services Unit, September 2016
Scaling Up for Sustainable Results in Education: Lebanon
Mohamed Yassin, September 2016
Things I Wish I Had Known During PforR Design: Tanzania
Shwetlena Sabarwal, September 2016
Argentina’s Results-Based Financing Program in Health
Christel Vermeersch, May 2016
Public Financial Management for Service Delivery Results Program: Mozambique
Furqan Saleem, May 2016
Beyond Test Scores: Measuring Quality of Education in Colombia and Using It for Policymaking
Camila Gomez Afanado and Pedro Cerdan-Infantes, April 2016
Lessons from Tanzania Big Results Now
Shwetlena Sabarwal, March 2016
REACH Annual Reports
Annual Report 2020 | Annual Report 2019 | Annual Report 2018 | Annual Report 2017 | Annual Report 2016 | Annual Report 2015
US$224 Million More to Support the Lebanese Education System | September 27, 2016
One Hundred Thousand Children Will Benefit from Expanded Access to Public Schools in Lebanon | September 27, 2016
$63 Million in Grants for School Sector Reform Program in Nepal | January 22, 2016
World Bank Approves $250 Million Program to Improve the Quality of Elementary Teachers in Bihar, India | May 20, 2015
World Bank Group Doubles Results-Based Financing for Education to US$5 Billion over Next 5 Years | May 18, 2015
Oslo Summit: Financing Education in Developing Countries | July 9, 2015
The New Horizon in Education: From Access to Quality
Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President | World Education Forum, Incheon, Republic of Korea, May 19, 2015
