INNOVATIVE RESULTS-BASED FINANCING (IRBF)

IRBF is a 6-year grant (FY 2007-2013) from the Government of Norway to the World Bank for $105 million. The objectives of this grant are to design, implement and sustain successful results-based financing pilots targeting MDGs 4 and 5 and, through these pilots, generate new knowledge about how to governments and partners can most effectively design and use Results-Based Financing (RBF) mechanisms in health. Thus, the definition of success of this grant is effective and sustained RBF mechanisms aimed at MDGs 4 and 5.