92217 SUPPORTING THE DELIVERY OF BASIC SERVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ©2014 The Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 USA Website: www.gpoba.org Online data portal: www.oba-data.org E-mail: gpoba@worldbank.org All rights reserved. This report was produced by the Program Management Unit of the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA). The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of GPOBA or the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. Neither GPOBA nor the World Bank guarantees the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of GPOBA or the World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. Cover photos courtesy of Curt Canemark / World Bank (top), Danilo Pinzon / World Bank, (bottom), Arne Hoel / World Bank (bottom left), Alfredo Srur / World Bank (bottom left center), Chhor Sokunthea / World Bank (bottom right center), and Stephan Bachenheimer / World Bank (bottom right). Note on the data: All monetary amounts are in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acronyms and Abbreviations iii Message from the Senior Director iv Message from the Program Manager v Overview 1 About GPOBA 2 Support from Donors 3 FY14 Feature: New Horizons in Output-Based Aid 5 Our Portfolio: Results, Composition, and Performance 9 FY14 Results 9 Portfolio Composition 11 Portfolio Performance 14 Results from Fully Implemented Projects 14 Monitoring and Evaluation 16 New Pilot Projects, Scale-ups, and Facilities 19 Developing New Pilot Projects 19 Scaling Up OBA/OBA Facilities 21 Building a Center of Expertise 23 Mainstreaming OBA/Working with Other Development Partners 24 Working with the World Bank Group 24 Knowledge and Learning 25 Knowledge Management 26 Communications 27 Looking Ahead 29 Appendix A. Financial Statement 32 Appendix B. GPOBA Portfolio of Signed Grant Agreements as of June 30, 2014 34 Appendix C. Inn-OBA-tions Award Winners 38 Appendix D. GPOBA Team 40 ii GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 BOXES 1.  Managing Waste and Improving Livelihoods in West Bank and Gaza 6 2.  Learning from Results: ICRs Completed in FY14 17 3.  Making a Big Difference with Small Grants: Renewable Energy in Mali 20 4.  GPOBA’s 10-Year Anniversary Event 27 FIGURES 1.  Share of Funding by Region 12 2.  Share of Funding by Sector 12 3.  Disbursements FY07–FY14 14 4.  Beneficiaries Reached, FY07/08–FY14 16 TABLES 1.  Disbursements as of June 30, 2014 10 2.  New Technical Assistance and Knowledge Products Launched in FY14 14 3.  Fully Implemented Projects 15 A1.  Donor Contributions to GPOBA (in $million) 32 A2.  Receipt of Donor Contributions by Year (in $million) 32 A3.  GPOBA Disbursements in FY14 (in $) 33 MAPS Map 1. GPOBA Projects Around the World 3 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 iii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank IFC International Finance Corporation CCSA cross-cutting solutions areas (World Bank Group) CoE Center of Expertise KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Germany) CoP Community of Practice M&E monitoring and evaluation DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation (Australia) OBA output-based aid DFID Department for International Development ODPs other development partners (United Kingdom) PbR Payment-by-Results DGIS Directorate-General for International PforR Program for Results Cooperation (the Netherlands) PoE Panel of Experts ESMAP Energy Sector Management Assistance Program PPP public-private partnership EU European Union RBF results-based financing FCS fragile and conflict-affected situations SHS Solar Home Systems FY fiscal year Sida Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency FY14 Fiscal Year 2014 SWM solid waste management GPOBA Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid TA technical assistance GRM Grant Reporting and Monitoring Report UN United Nations IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank Group) UNDP United Nations Development Programme ICR Implementation Completion Report USAID United States Agency for International Development ICT Information and Communication Technologies WBG World Bank Group IDA International Development Association (World Bank Group) WSP Water and Sanitation Program iv GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 MESSAGE FROM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice World Bank Group am delighted to have the opportunity to GPOBA also brings its expertise and experience to I present the Annual Report for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14). When the World Bank Group (WBG) announced its new management support the WBG’s results-based financing (RBF) instrument, Program for Results (PforR). Since PforR was established two years ago, GPOBA has been involved in ten PforR projects, with four projects in the active structure at the end of last fiscal year, I was particularly portfolio. GPOBA is ready to provide additional resources glad to see GPOBA included in our global practice and dedicated staff to bring lessons of experiences to the for Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience (SURR). As the design of PforR operations, and to continue expanding former director of the Water and Sanitation Program the global body of knowledge in RBF. (WSP), I know first-hand the value and leverage that global partnerships bring to our organization and the Societies are increasingly connected by the problems countries we support. they face, including the stresses of rapid urbanization, increased inequality, and natural disasters. Our global Over the past 10 years, GPOBA has committed practice, together with other practices and cross-cutting more than $70 million to leverage projects with the solution areas, is working with governments, citizens, International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World and development partners to create more sustainable, Bank, WSP, and other WBG global partnerships. Most inclusive communities. GPOBA’s approach helps importantly, GPOBA brings a focus that aligns well governments expand services to the poor and manage with the WBG’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty risk by increasing the accountability of service providers and promoting shared prosperity. Nearly 80 percent and empowering communities. We look forward to even of GPOBA’s work is in the world’s poorest countries. stronger years ahead. These projects explicitly target the very poor to ensure that they are included in larger development projects, have access to key services, and can participate in the Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez economic growth and job creation. Senior Director GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 v MESSAGE FROM THE PROGRAM MANAGER Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid his has been a year of significant growth for GPOBA reached two important milestones in FY14. T the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), exploring new horizons in output-based aid (OBA), celebrating important milestones, and building on experience. We passed the $100 million mark in cumulative disbursements, ending the fiscal year with a total of $107 million and exceeding projections from the previous year. We commemorated our 10-Year Anniversary with a Most importantly, GPOBA continued to improve access knowledge-sharing event in October 2013 that brought to basic services for an increasing number of the together Donors, clients, and development practitioners world’s poorest citizens, reaching more than 7 million from around the world. Featuring 10 sessions and 34 beneficiaries to date. speakers, this two-day conference generated a dynamic exchange of knowledge and learning based on a The Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) provides decade’s worth of experience, as well as an opportunity an in-depth look at how GPOBA is fulfilling its mandate to take a look at the future of output-based aid/results- to fund, design, demonstrate, and document OBA based financing in development aid. approaches. This year’s theme, “New Horizons for Output-Based Aid,” highlights the inroads GPOBA has The achievements accomplished in FY14 would made into new areas and less-tested sectors where not have been possible without the financial and there has been little or no experience with OBA, such as intellectual support of our Donors, whose vision and fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS), solid waste leadership drives OBA innovations. We would also management, irrigation, urban transport, and education. like to thank the World Bank Group’s Zoubida Allaoua, who served as Director of our department until June FY14 was a robust year for new business, bringing four 30, 2014, for her guidance and advice—and the new new grant agreements with governments in Kenya, management team led by Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Mali, Vanuatu, and the West Bank and Gaza. As a Director for the World Bank’s new Social, Urban, Rural result, GPOBA now has a total of 39 projects in seven and Resilience Global Practice, whose vast knowledge, sectors and 27 countries, for an active portfolio of $179 experience, and understanding of global partnerships million. The new grant agreements reflect the priorities strengthen and challenge us as we move forward into of GPOBA’s Donors and our focus on new horizons, our next decade. representing two less-tested sectors and two fragile and conflict-affected situations. Carmen Nonay Program Manager OVERVIEW Thomas Sennet / World Bank eveloping countries around the world are results-based financing (RBF) mechanisms to support D facing historic increases in population rates. Almost all the projected population growth between now and 2100 will occur the delivery of basic services to the very poor. RBF is an umbrella term that covers a variety of approaches, including performance-based financing, OBA, and in developing countries, with the least developed cash-on-delivery (COD). While traditional aid makes countries experiencing the most dramatic increase, a disbursements against individual expenditures recent United Nations (UN) report predicts. In urban or contracts, RBF makes disbursements against areas, the population pressure is particularly intense, demonstrated and independently verified results. with five million people migrating to cities every month. This increases accountability and helps measure As a result, the demand for basic services in developing performance. countries is greater than ever, and governments, Donors, and development organizations are looking for RBF is increasingly seen as a way to ensure that effective, innovative ways to provide sustainable basic development aid delivers results. GPOBA pilots services such as water, energy, education, and health RBF approaches, working with Other Development care to the growing population. Partners (ODPs) across sectors and regions. While primarily using OBA approaches, GPOBA has recently The Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) expanded to include other RBF mechanisms. offers a different approach from traditional aid, using 2 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 party—a government or private sector provider—which receives a subsidy to complement or replace user fees. That subsidy is results-based, meaning that most of it is paid only after the service and outputs have been delivered and independently verified. OBA brings innovative approaches and measureable results, and promotes the inclusion of the world’s poorest and most marginalized citizens. In FY14, GPOBA honored leaders in OBA with its first “Inn-OBA-tions” awards, designed to recognize the most innovative, pioneering projects in this area. The awards were presented at GPOBA’s 10th Anniversary conference in October, 2013. ABOUT GPOBA GPOBA is a global partnership administered by the World Bank. Created in 2003 by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the World Bank, GPOBA designs, funds, tests, and documents pilot projects using OBA and other RBF approaches. In addition to DFID, GPOBA’s current Donors include the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Dutch Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Bart Verweij / World Bank Originally designed to help prepare OBA projects and document and disseminate lessons learned, OBA approaches are regularly incorporated into GPOBA began funding subsidy schemes in 2006, project designs in water and sanitation, energy, and and now has an approved portfolio of $179 million in other basic services. OBA is often used to connect the subsidy funding. GPOBA has 39 projects spanning poorest households to basic services, for example, 7 sectors and 27 countries, delivering results for when the cost of a water or electricity connection poses the poor ranging from solar electricity in rural a major obstacle for the very poor. Under an OBA Bangladesh to water in Kenya to education in approach, service delivery is contracted out to a third Vietnam (see map 1). GPOBA’s vision statement sets out two main objectives: for OBA, as an approach, to be regularly incorporated into the design of infrastructure and social sector projects to support sustainable delivery of basic $179 u Subsidy Funding services to target populations; and for GPOBA to become a recognized Center of Expertise (CoE), building on the knowledge and experience acquired million through the design and implementation of OBA approaches. GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 3 MAP 1 GPOBA Projects around the World ARM EN I A WEST BAN K M OROCCO M ON GOLI A M ALI V I ET N AM H ON DU RAS SEN EGAL PH I LI PPI N ES Y EM EN LI BERI A I N DON ESI A ET H I OPI A COLOM BI A VAN UAT U GH AN A K EN YA SRI LAN K A U GAN DA I N DI A N I GERI A BOLI V I A BAN GLADESH CAM EROON N EPAL M OZ AM BI QU E LESOT H O SUPPORT FROM DONORS 39 7 GPOBA’s Donors have provided a total of $323 million in funding (contributions and pledges), of which $318 million has been received (see appendix A). This includes a one-time pledge of $2 million in 2009 from Projects Sectors the European Union through its Water Facility for the African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries. 27 Countries Ira Peppercorn / World Bank F Y 1 4 F E AT U R E : NEW HORIZONS IN OUTPUT-BASED AID ith more than a decade of experience in W OBA and other forms of RBF, GPOBA is exploring new horizons and expanding into FCS and less-tested sectors like solid 40% of GPOBA’s portfolio supports waste management (see box 1), urban transport, and u projects in fragile irrigation. Currently, 40 percent of GPOBA’s portfolio supports this work. In FY14, GPOBA signed grant states and less- agreements totaling $17.6 million in FCS and less- tested sectors tested sectors. In addition, the FY14 pipeline of projects includes a water project in Kenya and an energy project in the Solomon Islands— the latter being in a FCS—and three projects in the less-tested sector of sanitation. Irrigation: GPOBA finalized the first study that To assess the viability of applying OBA in new sectors explores the use of OBA as a financing mechanism to and operating environments, GPOBA launched a support small-scale irrigation schemes in developing series of global studies in new markets like irrigation, countries. The study analyzes irrigation schemes in urban transport, education, and FCS. These studies Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, with a closer look scope potential projects that could fit strategically at opportunities in Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, India with GPOBA’s objectives and the World Bank’s country (focused on the lagging states of Madhya Pradesh and partnership strategies. Orissa), and Zambia. 6 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Urban transport: This study builds on the completed Education: The scoping study on OBA in education will technical assistance (TA) by GPOBA that helped design take a look at how RBF can be applied in the education a pro-poor urban transport subsidy scheme in Bogota, sector in developing countries, and determine if and Colombia, as well as other work being carried out by how OBA approaches can increase access to quality the WBG in Latin America and other regions. The study education services for low-income populations. It will define the range of OBA schemes that could be will include an analysis of existing OBA schemes in implemented in urban transport, and outline conditions education and a beneficiary assessment of the Vietnam needed for implementation. Education project implemented by GPOBA. This will help inform next steps for OBA in education. BOX 1 MANAGING WASTE AND IMPROVING LIVELIHOODS IN WEST BANK AND GAZA Creating a professionally managed regional sanitary landfill had clear environmental and public health benefits. But the process also required shutting down dozens of small, unregulated dumps scattered across the southern West Bank, where people had scavenged for their livelihoods, picking out metal, plastic—anything with value that could be sold. The project team met with the informal workers, known as waste pickers. Together, they came up with an approach in which the waste pickers could envision their own future. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with financing from the Islamic Sintana Vergara / World Bank Development Bank, managed the livelihood project and consulted with about 85 waste pickers to create individual, long-term livelihood plans. In the two poorest areas of the West Bank, garbage is a major public health problem. One man said he would like to work with his brother and could increase efficiency at his brother’s stone- For many years, waste was dumped in open areas. cutting shop if he had his own stone-cutting machine. It attracted pests, created health and environmental The project bought him one. Others opted to stay in problems, and occasionally caught fire. The the waste management system, working in the new municipalities in charge of waste collection were recycling center, for example. One young man got a caught in a vicious cycle: they were unable to generate university scholarship and ended up at the top of his a good fee collection rate because people were not class. getting good service and were reluctant to pay. In addition to GPOBA, the project brought together GPOBA is working with the World Bank and IFC team a diverse and multifaceted team, including the World to help the governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron Bank, IFC, European Union, Islamic Development break that cycle by building the first professionally Bank, Italian Cooperation, UNDP, and U.S. Agency managed, regionally operated landfill in the West Bank. for International Development (USAID). Each The new facility will benefit 800,000 Palestinians, about organization brought its own expertise. Most one-third of the population of the West Bank. importantly, the project was built around national and local government priorities, and is now part of The project is one of the first landfill projects to use the the Palestinian Authority’s solid waste management OBA approach. If municipalities measurably improve strategy. The GPOBA subsidy is set to continue for services, they get a subsidy for the disposal fee at the four years, with the WBG team providing support to landfill. This increases the probability of success by keep the institutions strong. establishing guaranteed incentives for use. GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 7 Fragile and conflict-affected situations: A study on a financial tool that emphasizes results, performance, the use of OBA to catalyze service delivery in FCS accountability, and reaching the poorest, the OBA reviewed and analyzed 24 OBA schemes in FCS. As approach is suitable for application in FCS. Gary Braasch / World View of Global Warming OUR PORTFOLIO R E S U LT S , C O M P O S I T I O N , AND PERFORMANCE rant funding is a crucial component of GPOBA also prepared 12 project completion reports, G GPOBA’s mission, providing the impetus for the design and implementation of RBF projects. GPOBA’s Portfolio Group five more than planned under the FY14 annual work plan. In FY14, GPOBA also produced an evaluation of its highly successful solar home system (SHS) provides operational support for subsidy projects and program in Bangladesh, a beneficiary assessment TA. The Portfolio Group also monitors and measures for the Manila Water project, and an endline survey performance, and prepares project completion reports, for an innovative public health project in Lesotho, evaluations, and assessments of closed subsidy and added three publications to its series of lessons projects. learned. • The GPOBA cumulative portfolio consists of 39 FY14 RESULTS grant agreements in seven sectors in the amount FY14 was a robust year for new RBF projects: GPOBA of $179 million, as of June 30, 2014 (see table 1). signed four new grant agreements and launched 15 Seven of these projects closed in FY14, increasing new TA activities. Working decisively to build and the number of closed projects with valuable lessons share expertise and experience in RBF and OBA, learned to 26. 10 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 TABLE 1   DISBURSEMENTS AS OF JUNE 30, 2014 Cumulative Grant amount disbursements Disbursement Country Project name ($) ($) (%) Closed projects       Armenia Armenia Gas and Heating 3,100,000 3,087,196 100 Bangladesh Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development – 13,950,000 13,950,000 100 Solar Home Systems Bolivia Rural Electricity Access with Small-Scale Providers 5,175,000 5,152,403 100 Cameroon Water Affermage Contract – OBA for Coverage Expansion 5,250,000 1,816,259 35 Colombia Access to Natural Gas 5,085,000 4,880,382 96 Ethiopia Ethiopia Electricity Access Rural Expansion 8,000,000 451,290 6 Honduras National OBA Facility for Water and Sanitation Services 4,590,000 4,536,447 99 India Improved Rural Community Water in Andhra Pradesh 850,000 834,276 98 India Improved Electricity Access to Indian Slum Dwellers in Mumbai 1,650,000 40,901 2 Indonesia Expansion of Water Services in Low-income Areas of Jakarta 2,573,140 1,743,902 68 Indonesia Expanding Piped Water Supply to Surabaya’s Urban Poor 2,407,500 1,084,391 45 Kenya Microfinance for Community-managed Water Projects 3,087,630 2,597,119 84 Lesotho Lesotho New Hospital PPP 6,250,000 6,250,000 100 Mongolia Mongolia Universal Access to Telecommunications 259,400 257,335 99 Morocco Improved Access to Water and Sanitation Services 7,000,000 6,999,766 100 Mozambique Water Private Sector Contracts–OBA for Coverage Expansion 5,000,000 5,000,000 100 Nepal Biogas Support Program 5,000,000 4,974,979 99 Nigeria Pre-paid Health Scheme 6,015,160 3,453,969 57 Philippines Improved Access to Water Services in Metro Manila 2,850,000 2,063,573 72 Senegal Access to On-Site Sanitation Services 5,764,000 5,099,544 88 Uganda Reproductive Health Vouchers in Western Uganda 4,300,000 4,046,688 94 Uganda Small Towns Water Supply and Rural Growth Centers 3,207,000 2,414,031 75 Uganda Kampala Water Connections for the Poor 2,527,100 1,509,455 60 Vietnam Upper Secondary Education Enhancement 3,000,000 2,896,389 97 Vietnam Vietnam Rural Water East Meets West Foundation 4,500,000 4,499,967 100 Yemen Safe Motherhood Program 3,912,190 3,511,176 90 (continued on next page) • The GPOBA portfolio disbursed $14.1 million this year, provide on-grid electricity connections to nearly for a cumulative total of $107 million (see table 1). 22,000 low-income residents. • Four new grant agreements were signed, totaling $22.4 million, for solid waste management in the West Bank and Gaza, energy in Vanuatu and Mali, and sanitation in Kenya. GPOBA projects • Fifteen new TA activities were launched, totaling reached 7 million $3.2 million, along with 16 new knowledge products totaling $4.1 million. • The Vanuatu grant agreement marks the first time a GPOBA project will be conducted in the Pacific u poor beneficiaries Islands. The $4.8 million grant is expected to GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 11 TABLE 1   DISBURSEMENTS AS OF JUNE 30, 2014 (continued) Cumulative Grant amount disbursements Disbursement Country Project name ($) ($) (%) Projects Under Implementation Bangladesh Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development–Mini 1,100,000 306,926 28 Grids Ghana Solar PV Systems to Increase Electricity Access 4,350,000 4,081,885 94 Indonesia Extending Telecommunications in Rural Indonesia 1,868,340 1,293,076 69 Kenya Kenya Electricity Expansion 5,150,000 152,702 0 Kenya Nairobi Sanitation Project 4,330,000 0 0 Liberia Monrovia Improved Electricity Access 10,000,000 4,513,551 45 Mali Rural Electrification Hybrid System 5,000,000 0 0 Nepal Municipal Solid Waste Management 4,288,381 261,391 6 Philippines Philippines Reproductive Health 3,650,000 883,145 24 Sri Lanka Increasing Household Access to Domestic Sanitation in Greater 5,080,000 23,883 1 Colombo Uganda Grid-Based OBA Facility 5,500,000 0 0 Vanuatu Improved Electricity Access 4,850,000 0 0 West Bank West Bank Solid Waste Management 8,256,623 2,000,000  24   Total 178,726,464 106,668,398   Note: Actual disbursement amounts for closed projects may be higher. All recipient-executed projects have an additional six months to disburse after the project has closed. • Altogether, the OBA pilot projects have reached more than 7 million poor beneficiaries, providing GPOBA focuses on the poor, access to basic services like water, sanitation, health almost 80% of care, energy, and education. u goes to the world’s funding PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION poorest GPOBA is committed to helping the very poor, and that countries focus is reflected in its portfolio. Seventy-nine percent of GPOBA funding goes to IDA countries and 8 percent to IDA blended countries.1 Sixteen of GPOBA’s 39 projects are located in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, which receives the highest percentage of funding, at 47 percent, followed by South Asia at 18 percent, and East Asia and the Pacific at 14 percent (see figure 1). Access to energy and water plays a critical role in alleviating 1 The International Development Association (IDA) is the extreme poverty, and the energy sector receives the World Bank’s fund for the poorest. Countries that lack the largest share of GPOBA subsidies, with 14 projects and creditworthiness needed to borrow from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and 44 percent of the project portfolio, followed by water those with per capita gross national income below $1,175 at 25 percent, and health at 13 percent (see figure 2). are eligible for IDA support. Countries that are IDA- The addition of four new grant agreements signed with eligible based on per capita income levels and are also creditworthy for some IBRD borrowings are referred to as governments this year brings GPOBA’s portfolio to 39 “blend” countries. projects totaling $179 million. 12 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 FIGURE 1 Share of Funding by Region FIGURE 2 Share of Funding by Sector ECA LAC Education 2% 8% 2% Telecom Solid waste MNA mangement 1% 11% 7% Sanitation AFR 8% 47% EAP 14% Health 13% Energy 44% SAR 18% AFR = Africa MENA = Middle East-North Africa EAP = East Asia and the Pacific LAC = Latin America-Caribbean Water ECA = Europe-Central Asia SAR = South Asia 25% NEW TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS TABLE 2   LAUNCHED IN FY14 Country and activity Description Grant amount ($) Total technical assistance   3,158,291 TA for GPOBA subsidy projects 299,409 Ghana – Sanitation and This activity supports the analysis for designing an OBA sanitation fund for the 74,409 Water for Greater Accra provision of water and environmental sanitation services in low-income areas in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. Mali – Rural Electrification This activity supports research for the development of a subsidy project aimed 100,000 Hybrid System at expanding rural access to modern energy services and increasing renewable regeneration in Mali. Northern Pacific – Outer This TA supports research for the preparation of a potential ICT subsidy project, 75,000 Islands Connectivity Project addressing the OBA subsidy level, the sustainability and technical viability, as well as education and vocational training component. Zambia – Electricity Access This activity supports research for project design and the development of project 50,000 documents for an OBA scheme designed to expand electricity access in Zambia. TA for stand-alone activities 943,615 Chad – Water for the Urban This TA assesses the feasibility of using OBA to deliver sustainable water 235,715 Poor in Ndjamena and services in Ndjamena and the secondary cities of Sahr, Abéché, and Mondou. Secondary Towns It is delivered in conjunction with IDA grants of $15.1 million and $12.3 million additional financing. Liberia – Access to Water This scoping study assesses the feasibility of implementing an OBA approach to 391,900 Monrovia expand access to piped water supply to low-income households in Monrovia. Philippines – Water Sector This TA supports the development of a unified water and sanitation financing 316,000 Financing Framework framework in the Philippines. The proposed solutions are expected to incorporate financing based on the achievement of outputs. TA to support RBF activities 1,377,315 Indonesia – Rollout of This activity supports the capacity for technical verification of outputs by central 780,000 Independent Verification and local governments, and helps monitor deliverables by the civil society. The in RBF largest share of local deliverables of RBF is expected in water. (continued on next page) GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 13 NEW TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS TABLE 2   LAUNCHED IN FY14 (continued) Country and activity Description Grant amount ($) Moldova – RBF for School This activity supports the design of contracting for reconstruction of schools 74,315 Rehabilitation based on outputs or results. The World Bank loan is the first and only education project in the eastern Europe/central Asia region that employs an RBF approach. Sudan – Health This activity supports a feasibility assessment on the use of RBF to improve 74,000 Programmatic Advisory access to essential medicines, and the development of a government action plan, building on the Darfur health and nutrition recovery strategy. World – Study of OBA and The study analyzes opportunities of using OBA to provide access to education 375,000 RBF in Education and vocational trainings. The study also considers the potential for public-private partnerships in providing access to education. Zimbabwe – Urban Rollout The key deliverables for this TA component include voucher pricing, verification 74,000 of RBF Health Vouchers protocols and MIS, quality of care guidelines and checklists, and lessons/ technical review report. TA to support PforR loans 537,952 Ethiopia – Urban Local This activity supports the technical design of the PforR operation and analyzes 74,452 Government Development the division of responsibilities between regional and local governments regarding PforR verification of results and anti-corruption. Mexico – Oaxaca This activity supports the design and implementation of the Oaxaca Water and 215,500 Water and Sanitation Sanitation Sector Modernization PforR, including disbursement-linked indicators Modernization PforR and ToRs for the Independent Verification Agent. Tanzania – Education PforR This TA contributes to diagnostics on the student assessment system, budgeting, 248,000 and iterative course feedback and adaptation as a part of the PforR design. Total knowledge dissemination 4,128,136 Mainstreaming OBA   66,100 World – OBA Workshop This activity consists of a two-day training event and business development 66,100 for DFAT meetings in Canberra for DFAT staff interested in operational knowledge of OBA. OBA knowledge products 3,913,269 Ethiopia – Electricity This ICR for Ethiopia Electricity Access Rural Expansion documents OBA lessons 50,950 Access Rural Expansion ICR from the energy sector. Honduras – OBA Facility This ICR for Honduras OBA Facility documents OBA lessons from the water and 51,380 ICR sanitation sector. Honduras – OBA Facility This video explains how output-based schemes for water and sanitation services 66,700 Video work differently than traditional input-based schemes, and shows the positive impact of the project on the livelihoods of low-income households. Nigeria – Health ICR This ICR for Nigeria Health documents OBA lessons from the health sector. 74,870 Nigeria – Health Lessons This workshop is directed to stimulate the use of OBA in maintaining community- 74,935 Workshop based health insurance schemes in the targeted areas of Nigeria. World – Independent This activity supports an independent evaluator’s assessment of effectiveness of 300,000 Evaluation of GPOBA GPOBA in achieving its 2008 Vision Statement and becoming a center of OBA expertise. World – GPOBA This dissemination activity supports the knowledge and understanding of OBA/ 404,181 Knowledge Products RBF project design and implementation, including lessons learned, among existing and potential practitioners, thus establishing the environment for mainstreaming OBA approaches. World – OBA Database The OBA database provides information, reports, and interactive tools for 74,500 Enhancement customized analyses on OBA projects around the world. It features projects funded by both GPOBA and the WBG. World – Website Renewal This funding supports the website redesign to reflect an intuitive structure and 50,000 Phase 2 user-friendly navigation, including meta-tagging, an integrating Community of Practice, and space for member profiles, discussion, blogs, and a photo gallery. World – GPOBA 10-Year This activity consists of commemorating GPOBA’s 10-year anniversary through 190,000 Anniversary Activities a series of OBA knowledge products, communication tools, and a two-day interactive learning event. World – OBA CoP This funding supports activities through the OBA CoP, a hub for knowledge 73,000 Engagement Activities sharing and networking within and outside the WBG. (continued on next page) 14 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 NEW TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS TABLE 2   LAUNCHED IN FY14 (continued) Country and activity Description Grant amount ($) World/Zimbabwe – This activity is designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of HIV 885,390 Estimating Efficiency of prevention by combining it with reproductive health services and delivering it as Joint HIV and Reproductive RBF. Tranche 1 (of 3) supports the development of methodology and evaluation Health Services, Tranche 1 design for statistical modeling of averted HIV cases. Zimbabwe – Estimating Tranche 2 (of 3) supports baseline data collection and models the effectiveness of 1,617,363 Efficiency of Joint HIV HIV and reproductive health services (with RBF as a delivery mode). and Reproductive Health Services, Tranche 2 Training activities   148,767 World – OBA Training for This activity supports a series of trainings held internationally and attended by 73,900 External Audiences representatives from the World Bank, governments, and other development partners. World – OBA Training for This activity supports a series of trainings for WBG staff, held in Washington, DC. 74,867 Internal Task Team Leaders The targeted audience is WBG task team leaders. Knowledge dissemination and TA represent another independently verified outputs (see figure 4). As in portion of GPOBA’s portfolio, with grants to develop FY13, water remains the largest sector represented OBA pilot projects, and more recently, TA for RBF in GPOBA’s portfolio of fully implemented projects, activities, including the World Bank’s PforR. Since comprising half the portfolio. Energy represents the the inception of PforR two years ago, GPOBA has second largest sector at 27 percent, followed by supported 10 PforR projects, with four in its active health at 15 percent. GPOBA’s growing portfolio of portfolio. This year, GPOBA approved $3.2 million fully implemented projects is an important part of its in new technical assistance related to OBA/RBF (see mission to gather and disseminate OBA/RBF data table 2). and information, and FY14 results continued to move GPOBA forward in this area (see table 3). PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE GPOBA celebrated an important milestone this fiscal year, crossing the $100 million subsidy disbursement mark in December 2013. In the subsidy program, cumulative disbursements reached $107 million (see FIG 3 Disbursements FY07–FY14 (in $) figure 3), improving on a trajectory of steady growth and exceeding GPOBA’s FY14 target of $105 million. 110,000,000 GPOBA successfully completed seven projects in FY14, 100,000,000 increasing access to education in Vietnam; water in 90,000,000 Cameroon, Mozambique, and Uganda; health care in 80,000,000 Nigeria and Yemen; and solar electricity for homes in 70,000,000 Bangladesh. This brings the total number of closed 60,000,000 projects in GPOBA’s portfolio to 26. 50,000,000 40,000,000 RESULTS FROM FULLY 30,000,000 IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS 20,000,000 10,000,000 With the completion of seven projects this year, GPOBA has provided access to basic services to 0 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 more than 7 million people, results delivered against GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 15 TABLE 3   FULLY IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS Country Project name Output description Number of verified outputs Armenia Armenia Gas and Heating Households with access to heating either through 5,847 an individual connection or local boiler system Bangladesh Bangladesh Rural Electrification and Solar Home Systems 497,613 Renewable Energy Development Bolivia Rural Electricity Access with Small- Solar Home Systems and Pico-PV systems 11,755 Scale Providers Cameroon Water Affermage Contract-OBA for Households with water connections 25,254 Coverage Expansion Colombia Access to Natural Gas Households with gas connections 34,138 Ethiopia Ethiopia Electricity Access Rural Household electricity connections, including two 60,000 Expansion compact fluorescent lamps Honduras National OBA Facility for Water and Households with water and sanitation connections 14,600 Sanitation Services India Improved Rural Community Water in Ultraviolet water purification systems providing 25 Andhra Pradesh access to clean water India Improved Electricity Access to Indian Households with electricity connections 15 Slum Dwellers in Mumbai Indonesia Expansion of Water Services in Low- Households with water connections 5,042 income Areas of Jakarta Indonesia Expanding Piped Water Supply to Households with water connections and master 13,473 Surabaya’s Urban Poor meters Kenya Microfinance for Community-managed Households with water connections and water 17,500 Water Projects kiosks Lesotho Lesotho New Hospital PPP Inpatient services at the new Queen Mamohato 808,739 Memorial Hospital and outpatient services at three semi-urban filter clinics Mongolia Mongolia Universal Access to Public access to telephone network for herder 1 public access telephone Telecommunications communities; Wireless network for Tariat soum network; 2 wireless networks center Morocco Improved Access to Water and Households with water and sanitation connections 12,426 Sanitation Services Mozambique Water Private Sector Contracts-OBA Households with water connections 33,407 for Coverage Expansion Nepal Biogas Support Program Biogas plants for rural households 26,363 Nigeria Pre-paid Health Scheme Medical Services 13,473 Philippines Improved Access to Water Services in Households with water connections 28,562 Metro Manila Senegal Access to On-Site Sanitation Services Households benefitting from increased access to 11,495 new sanitation facilities Uganda Reproductive Health Vouchers in Safe deliveries and treatments of sexually 97,248 Western Uganda transmitted diseases Uganda Kampala Water Connections for the Water yard taps and public water points 7,524 Poor Uganda Small Towns Water Supply and Rural Water yard taps, public water points 2,416 Growth Centers Vietnam Upper Secondary Education Tuition packages 8,145 Enhancement Vietnam Targeting Service Expansion through Households with water connections 35,344 Water Loss Reduction Yemen Safe Motherhood Program Enrollments 16,878 Total     1,787,285 16 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 GPOBA also continued to update the online portal, FIG 4 Beneficiaries Reached, FY07/08–FY14 OBA Data, (www.oba-data.org), a strategic tool to disseminate the results of OBA operations publicly. OBA Data enables users to perform detailed analyses 8,000,000 of project design features and find data on project performance, such as the number of outputs delivered Number of verified beneficiaries 7,000,000 and beneficiaries reached. The database was accessed 6,000,000 by 1,588 users during the fiscal year. 5,000,000 GPOBA delivered twelve project completion reports in 4,000,000 FY14: six ICRs and six Grant Reporting and Monitoring 3,000,000 reports (GRMs).2 These published reports, available 2,000,000 on GPOBA’s website, give OBA practitioners access to detailed documentation of projects and provide a 1,000,000 complete account of their performance and results. 0 GRMs also measure performance and results against FY07–08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 project objectives. GRMs completed include those for the Honduras OBA Facility for Water and Sanitation, Jakarta Water, Kenya Community Water, Mumbai Electricity, Philippines Manila Water, and Surabaya Water. Box 2 provides a summary of ICRs completed in MONITORING AND FY14. GPOBA also delivered a beneficiary assessment EVALUATION for the Manila Water Project and impact evaluations In FY14, GPOBA produced a wide variety of reports for Bangladesh Solar Home Systems and the Uganda to share knowledge and learning gathered from RBF Reproductive Health Voucher Project (RHVP). and OBA projects. GPOBA’s comprehensive suite of knowledge tools ranged from Implementation Completion Reports (ICRs) to impact evaluations to beneficiary assessments. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) captures performance differentials between OBA approaches and more traditional subsidy designs. M&E is an important part of GPOBA’s mission to document and gather evidence on the effectiveness of OBA. GPOBA 2 ICRs are required by the World Bank for projects over delivered two Semi-Annual Monitoring Reports in FY14, $5 million. For those projects that do not require ICRs, GRM’s provide a less formal assessment but still measure analyzing the progress of subsidy projects, TA and the performance and results of each operation against the dissemination. objectives and design. GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 17 BOX 2 LEARNING FROM RESULTS: ICRs COMPLETED IN FY14 Metro Manila to the municipal water network. Reaching approximately 171,500 beneficiaries, the project reached approximately 28,500 households, surpassing the original target of 20,000 households. The ICR also highlights benefits such as improved hygiene and a reduced incidence of water-borne diseases. Lesotho New Hospital PPP: This project supported services delivered through a new hospital and three filter clinics, under a public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement structured with support from IFC. The health network provided more services, better quality and improved patient outcomes, including a 65 percent reduction in pediatric pneumonia deaths, 100 percent Ira Peppercorn / World Bank compliance with protocols for prevention of mother-to- child transmission of HIV, and significant improvements Vietnam Upper Secondary Education Enhancement in other clinical indicators. Project: The project had a considerable impact on the enrollment of disadvantaged students at Vietnam Rural Water: This project aimed to support targeted schools, increasing the enrollment by access to clean water supply in rural areas with private nearly 20 percent. The grade point average (GPA) of operators building and operating village water supply beneficiary students increased, on average, from 5.95 systems. The project supported 82 schemes, exceeding in 2010/11 to 6.06 in 2011/12, to 6.33 in 2012/13. its original target by 10 percent and connecting 35,900 Key lessons note that OBA is an effective approach to households—about 180,000 beneficiaries—to water improve school completion, drop out, and attendance supply. The project demonstrates the viability of using rates, as well as to increase GPA. OBA subsidies to deliver water supply to poor rural communities through the private sector. Bolivia Rural Electricity Access with Small-Scale Providers: This project directly benefitted around Ethiopia Electricity Access Rural Expansion Project: 60,000 people, a 30 percent increase in beneficiaries This project sought to help a state-owned national over what was originally planned. The project utility, EEPCo, finance part of the cost of providing subsidized the cost of solar heating systems for rural grid-based access electricity for poor customers in households, providing poor remote household with rural towns and villages. Implementation was delayed sustainable electricity supply. As a result, service by a moratorium on new connections imposed by providers are now well established in rural areas and in EEPCo between December 2008 and January 2011, a position to continue providing services. and lack of meters until December 2012. Project implementation resumed in February 2013 and Improved Access to Water Service in the East Zone achieved 40,000 connections—considerably fewer of Metro Manila: This project subsidized the cost of than its target of 228,571, but 75 percent more than connecting low-income households in the East Zone of EEPCo’s total connections over the previous two years. NEW PILOT PROJECTS, Dominic Chavez / World Bank SCALE-UPS, AND FA C I L I T I E S DEVELOPING NEW PILOT • Commitment: A review of the project to determine PROJECTS whether it is ready for implementation and As GPOBA continues to explore new horizons by whether, in its final form, it continues to meets the developing and testing subsidy schemes in FCS and eligibility criteria. Since GPOBA is administered less-tested sectors, it is scaling up and replicating by the World Bank, projects going to commitment projects in sectors where it has significant experience, undergo fiduciary reviews with respect to financial such as energy and water. All new proposals are vetted management and procurement, along with by an independent Panel of Experts (PoE) at two assessments of environmental and social impacts, stages: in accordance with World Bank policy. • Eligibility: An initial assessment to ensure that the project meets GPOBA’s eligibility criteria, which include the country and sector, project 3 A full list of the eligibility criteria can be found in GPOBA’s sustainability, and the number of poor people Operating Principles, available at http://www.gpoba.org/ expected to receive services.3 gpoba/governance. 20 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 In FY14, GPOBA signed four grant agreements for a in rural areas, the GPOBA component of this project total of $22.4 million: Kenya Nairobi Sanitation ($4.33 partially subsidies the cost of mini-grids, SHS, and million); Mali Rural Electrification ($5 million); Vanuatu internal wiring for more than 12,000 low-income rural Electricity ($4.85 million); and West Bank Solid Waste households (see box 3). Management ($8.26 million). • Increasing access to electricity in Vanuatu: The project aims to increase sustainable access to • Improving water and sanitation in Kenya: This formal, grid-based electricity services for 4,275 poor project supports increased access to sustainable households through targeted subsidies. The project sanitation and water supply in Nairobi’s low-income will subsidize the cost of connections not only for communities, targeting the provision of sewer and targeted poor households, but also for small and water connections, where none exist, to 16,000 micro-businesses. households. • Providing professional solid waste management • Expanding access to energy in rural Mali: Part of in the West Bank: This project aims to improve the a larger WBG project to expand access to modern quality of primary solid waste collection services energy services and increase renewable generation and supports the first professionally managed BOX 3 MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH SMALL GRANTS: RENEWABLE ENERGY IN MALI access to electricity compared to 55 percent of urban residents, in part because the cost of provision is 2.5 times higher in rural areas. Half the population lives below the poverty line of $1.25 a day, with only five countries in the world ranking below Mali on the UN’s Human Development Index. The country experienced drought in 2011 and a military conflict in the north in 2012, making access to electricity an essential component in Mali’s post-conflict recovery. The project provides an opportunity for GPOBA to support a project with a renewable energy component Azuri Technologies and for OBA to fill an investment gap in a fragile and conflict-affected situation. And, by providing With a relatively small amount of funding, a grant from rural communities with this vital lifeline—access GPOBA to the government of Mali can have a big to electricity—the project can contribute to Mali’s impact in a larger project to expand modern energy economic development, social cohesion, and political services and increase renewable generation for the stability. country’s rural poor. The GPOBA grant will partially subsidize the cost of The $5 million GPOBA grant complements a $50 densification and extension of electricity mini-grids, million program by IDA and the Climate Investment SHS, and household internal wiring for approximately Fund (CIF) to bring affordable, modern lighting to the 12,000 low-income households, or 130,000 country’s rural poor. beneficiaries. Among the targeted outputs are 9,600 mini-grid connections and the installation of 2,400 Nearly 80 percent of Mali’s population lives in rural SHS. areas. Barely 15 percent of rural residents have GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 21 sanitary landfill in the southern West Bank. About 840,000 people, most of them poor, will benefit from these improved services in 53 municipalities in the service area. GPOBA’s PoE approved five projects for commitment in FY14, for $32 million: Mali Rural Electrification and Vanuatu Electricity (subsequently signed in FY14 and reported above); Ghana Sanitation; Uganda RHVP Scale-up; and Zambia Energy. Two new concept notes totaling $7.7 million were approved for eligibility, concerning an energy project in the Solomon Islands, and a sanitation project in Nicaragua. This work in FY14 brings GPOBA’s total pipeline of committed and eligible projects to eight, with grant amounts totaling $51.5 million. Mirva Tuulia Moilanen / World Bank SCALING UP OBA/OBA FACILITIES • Solar Home Systems OBA Facility: GPOBA An important part of GPOBA’s mission is to scale-up continued its work with the government’s successful pilots. GPOBA actively engaged with Department of Energy (DoE) to establish a governments in Nepal and the Philippines to scale-up facility to provide OBA subsidies for electrifying the use of OBA in government-led OBA facilities. poor households in rural areas. The DoE has provided a circular for utility-implemented, fee-for- Nepal: As the government looks into the viability service model for SHS, establishing a framework of launching a national fund for all its renewable for integrating and institutionalizing SHS, a energy programs and builds on the success of the mechanism for providing subsidies, and policy Nepal Biogas OBA project, GPOBA is supporting the recommendations. government with a $225,000 TA activity to scale-up the use of OBA approaches under the National Rural and In FY14, GPOBA continued work with governments Renewable Energy Program. The preliminary report in Kenya and Uganda to scale-up two successful pilot takes stock of OBA/RBF programs in the renewable projects in water and health. GPOBA is also working energy sector and lays out a framework for the with the government of Uganda on the OBA energy proposed OBA facility. facility launched in 2012. Philippines: Although progress in the Philippines was Kenya: Through this $11.8 million project, GPOBA is slowed as the country focused its efforts on recovering supporting the Kenya Urban Water and Sanitation OBA from the devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda in Fund for low-income areas, which builds on a pilot November 2013, GPOBA continued to support the program for community-managed water. The project design of two proposed OBA facilities in water and will be implemented by the Water Services Trust Fund, sanitation and renewable energy. a state corporation under the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. • Water and Sanitation OBA Facility: GPOBA worked with the government to establish a National Uganda: Efforts in Uganda are focused on scaling up Output-Based Aid (NOBA) facility, building a pilot health project and on the Uganda energy OBA on a successful pilot in Manila. In April 2014, facility, implemented with other partners. GPOBA approved $316,000 in TA to support the government’s efforts to develop a unified financing • Reproductive Health Voucher Program Phase II: framework for the water and sanitation sector. In FY14, GPOBA finalized the design of a project to scale-up a reproductive health voucher scheme • Uganda Grid-based OBA Facility: The project is piloted by Marie Stopes International with support being implemented through an OBA facility in from GPOBA and KfW. It aims to establish an OBA the government’s Rural Electrification Authority. voucher scheme under the Ministry of Health to The facility targets 105,000 on-grid connections increase access to skilled care during pregnancy to provide access to electricity to about 190,000 and delivery for poor women living in rural and low-income households (1 million beneficiaries) disadvantaged areas. throughout Uganda. Tim Martin - www.500px.com/windowi BUILDING A CENTER OF EXPERTISE ith a decade of experience in OBA of advisory and knowledge services. In FY14, GPOBA W approaches, GPOBA is laying the groundwork to become a CoE on OBA and RBF. GPOBA’s lessons and experiences continued to make advances in this area, initiating a highly successful web-based learning series called “OBA Webinars,” repositioning its communications form the nucleus of an information hub and serve as a strategy, and disseminating knowledge for the new resource for mainstreaming the principles of OBA into horizons of FCS and less-tested sectors. governments, the WBG, and ODPs through a variety 24 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Vanuatu for $4.8 million to provide on-grid electricity connections to nearly 22,000 low- income residents. GPOBA also conducted a two-day training workshop for DFAT in Canberra in Uwe Aranas / CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons October 2013 on OBA core concepts and design. • DFID: GPOBA provided input for DFID’s Payment- by-Results (PbR) strategy, sharing experience implementing OBA projects. In FY14, GPOBA and DFID looked at more effective ways to collaborate with DFID’s PbR, its RBF unit based in Glasgow, focusing on lessons learned, communications, and strategies to move OBA forward to support FCS and untested sectors, and scale-up successful pilots. • KfW: GPOBA management delivered a workshop to exchange experiences with KfW in Frankfurt in April 2014. The workshop was attended by 30 staff from country and sector units, including the education sector. • Millennium Challenge Corporation: GPOBA MAINSTREAMING OBA/ worked with MCC on the use of OBA to design WORKING WITH OTHER an electrification component to improve Ghana’s DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS inadequate and unreliable power supply. In FY14, GPOBA continued its work mainstreaming OBA • Sida: GPOBA continued to collaborate with Sida to with ODPs and the WBG. GPOBA provided advisory support the scale-up of pilots in Kenya and Uganda. and technical support to ODP staff, including in-country In July 2015, GPOBA received a $5.8 million training sessions on how to apply OBA/RBF concepts in supplemental contribution for an OBA project in operations. Zambia, to extend electricity to 22,800 low-income GPOBA is also committed to learning from its partners. households and micro and small enterprises. Representatives from four of GPOBA’s ODPs—the Asian Development Bank (ADB), DFID, DFAT, and the WORKING WITH THE WORLD Water and Sanitation Program—took part in panel BANK GROUP discussions and other activities during the 10-Year GPOBA supports nearly half of the WBG’s new Anniversary Conference (see box 4), sharing with the global practices and is positioned to help build and audience their individual expertise and experience with strengthen platforms of engagement throughout the OBA and RBF. The following initiatives were undertaken WBG. In FY14, GPOBA worked across sectors and with ODPs in FY14: partnerships in the WBG to provide technical support and integrate OBA and RBF into infrastructure and • Asian Development Bank: GPOBA worked closely social development projects. Some examples include: with ADB on several projects, providing advisory support to proposed OBA projects (including • Program for Results (PforR): Since PforR was an ADB-funded sanitation project in India and a established two years ago, GPOBA has been water project in Indonesia), sharing knowledge involved in 10 PforR projects; in FY14, three and information with a project team working on new activities were launched to support PforR RBF in environmental services, and working with operations. The strong synergies between PforR the WBG to deliver an OBA presentation to the and GPOBA include funding for TA, joint review and government of Timor Leste. GPOBA also delivered project design meetings, and GPOBA trainings that a presentation to ADB’s Strategy and Policy unit. include PforR project leaders. • DFAT: GPOBA worked closely with DFAT to • Energy: Collaborating with the WBG’s Energy secure an agreement with the Republic of Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 25 GPOBA funded three important energy and electricity projects: Lighting Africa, the Africa Clean Cooking Energy Solutions (ACCES), and the Africa Energy Initiative (AEI). Lighting Africa activities focused on market development and outreach to poor consumers, preparing pilots in Burkina Faso and Mali, and upstream analytical work in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Support for ACCES in DRC, Senegal, and Uganda included market intelligence, quality assurance, and training, as well as preparation of pilots to support the production and adoption of clean cooking solutions. Two activities funded under AEI were completed in FY14 with the publication and dissemination of two reports: “From the Bottom Up: How Small Power Producers and Mini- Grids Can Deliver Electrification and Renewable Energy in Africa,” and “Connection Charges and Access to Electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa.” • Water: A TA activity to support the design of an output-based disbursement (OBD) mechanism to improve the efficiency of water utilities in Mexico was completed in March 2014. In collaboration with the World Bank’s Water Partnership Program (WPP), GPOBA supported the development and publication of an RBF user guide, “Applying Results- Based Financing in Water Investments.” The guide • Municipal solid waste management: GPOBA is designed to promote RBF opportunities in water has supported TA to WBG client countries for subsectors, such as irrigation, climate, hydropower, the design of RBF/OBA schemes in the solid and environmental services. waste sector, mostly in conjunction with World • Urban transport: In Bogota, Colombia, GPOBA Bank-funded investment projects. This design provided TA in designing a pro-poor subsidy work is in China (Ningbo), Indonesia (Balikpapan, scheme for the city’s Urban Transport Integrated Manado, and Tangerang), Jamaica (Kingston), Systems. In February 2014, the city announced the and Tanzania (Dar es Salaam). This TA activity has roll out of the subsidy program. The TA generated also been leveraged by the solid waste initiative interest in pro-poor urban transport subsidies from of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) the WBG and local governments in other Latin in Malaysia (Penang) and one other city in Africa. American cities and other regions, and paved the These designs, and the lessons learned, are way for the GPOBA global study in urban transport. being synthesized in a final report, which also • Health: In the social sector, GPOBA is working with incorporates solid waste management OBA the WBG’s health practice on an impact evaluation projects in Nepal and the West Bank. for HIV in Africa, spurred by a $4.1 million donation • Country Assistance/Partnership Strategies: from DFID. GPOBA continued dialogue with country teams to • Education: In April 2014, GPOBA approved a TA increase the visibility of OBA in the World Bank’s activity for $74,000 to support the design of an country strategies and strengthen integration of the RBF scheme for school rehabilitation in Moldova, OBA approach in country programs. Six countries which will be implemented under the World Bank’s updated their Country Assistance Strategy (CAS)/ funded Moldova Education Reform Project. The Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) documents in rehabilitated schools will improve the access to FY14: Bangladesh, Comoros, Kenya, Nigeria, the quality education in Moldova. Philippines, and Uganda. 26 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 and government officials from Africa to discuss potential OBA projects. In Washington, GPOBA co-chaired a forum with the Wold Bank’s Africa Region, entitled “De- mystifying the Lesotho Hospital PPP and Identifying the Lessons Learned.” The panel explained the project’s background, findings of the endline survey, and lessons learned to inform future PPPs with an OBA component. GPOBA was also a discussant at a similar session on the West Bank solid waste management project. In Bamako, Mali, GPOBA delivered a presentation on OBA concepts to various stakeholders, including government agencies responsible for rural electrification, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), as part of preparation of the Mali Rural Electrification Hybrid System Project. GPOBA continued to grow its e-Learning activities, maintaining and monitoring its e-Learning course Ira Peppercorn / World Bank and developing new modules on OBA and voucher schemes, which have been included in the RBF Health KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING and WBI e-Learning program. From the launch of the The value of GPOBA’s Knowledge and Learning OBA e-Learning course in 2009 to June 2014, 143 WBG Program continues to increase, as GPOBA shares staff have completed the course, and 580 page views knowledge and builds awareness about the use of have been recorded on the external e-Learning website. OBA and RBF approaches. GPOBA delivered 13 new training and awareness building activities in FY14, reaching 250 people. Training activities targeted KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT development professionals from the World Bank and With the rapid advances in technology and ODPs, such as DFAT and ADB. Participants were drawn information, GPOBA has moved quickly and from traditional sectors such as energy, health, and decisively to find innovative ways to collect and water and sanitation, and from less-tested sectors such disseminate OBA data and information. In FY14, as social development, infrastructure PPPs, carbon GPOBA launched a newly designed series of web- finance, and transport. Since its inception, GPOBA has based seminars, commonly called “OBA Webinars,” reached a total of 3,078 people through 97 training and to facilitate peer-to-peer exchange among OBA awareness-building activities, including e-Learning. experts and strategic partners. Launched in March 2014 as a new knowledge product for GPOBA, the As a leader in OBA/RBF, GPOBA took part in several webinars are hosted by subject matter experts. The international events in FY14. In Berlin, GPOBA webinars also provide an opportunity for website participated in a results-based management conference users to view the recorded sessions and comment for European Union (EU) funds and delivered a afterward through channeled online discussion presentation on designing output-based financing boards, capturing knowledge and learning. The first projects. In Hanoi, representatives from the World three webinars featured sessions on scaling up OBA Bank’s Vietnam Country Office, along with national and projects, urban transport, and OBA in sanitation. local education officials and supporters, participated The webinars received high ratings for relevancy and in the East Meets West/GPOBA Education Program quality of delivery. Drawing on the experience in the Review and Annual Meeting. Participants exchanged maturing pipeline, GPOBA produced three “Lessons best practices and lessons learned in implementing Learned”—a two-page series based upon findings OBA in the education sector. GPOBA participated in from ICRs and other relevant project documentation— the 10th European Development Days Conference in in FY14 for the following closed projects: Kenya Brussels (November 2013), and met with EU partners Community Water, Morocco Water and Sanitation, GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 27 BOX 4 GPOBA’S 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT event on OBA and other forms of results-based aid, focusing on applicability, challenges, and the future in development financing. OBA practitioners, experts, policy makers, and Donors participated in a series of 10 sessions—featuring 35 experts from around the world—as well as breakout discussions and an interactive event. Evaluation scores of the event met and/or surpassed World Bank corporate benchmarks, with a high satisfaction rating. New knowledge products were created and disseminated to frame and support the event. A sector paper, “A Decade of Supporting the Delivery of Basic Service for the Poor,” showcases 10 case studies, explaining how each sector benefits from OBA approaches and demonstrating how those approaches can be applied in different sectors and operating environments. A new video chronicles the evolution and growth of GPOBA, highlighting 10 innovative projects from GPOBA’s portfolio and providing perspective and insight from key players in GPOBA’s history. Concluding the conference, GPOBA delivered its first “Inn-OBA-tions” awards to 10 outstanding projects. Saul E. Gonzalez / World Bank Award winners were selected by GPOBA’s PoE, based on five criteria: pioneering of OBA (new sectors or With more than a decade of experience under its belt, frontiers); leveraging partnerships with governments/ GPOBA is a thriving global program that pioneers Donors/other stakeholders; enabling private sector creative approaches to aid and brings basic services to participation; community/grassroots involvement; and millions of poor people around the world. impact in sectoral policy, scale-up, or replication effect. A table of the winning project descriptions and award The partnership marked its tenth anniversary in categories can be found in Appendix C. October 2013 with a two-day networking and learning and Senegal Sanitation. Knowledge Management also was produced jointly with the World Bank’s Energy disseminated several tools and documents: Unit and ESMAP. • Sector Brief: A Decade of Supporting the • Data Collection Tool for Urban Solid Waste Delivery of Basic Services for the Poor served as Management and User Manual was produced jointly a background paper for the 10-Year Anniversary with the World Bank and the Climate and Clean Air Conference, and provides a brief but complete Coalition. The tool is a framework for collecting and overview of GPOBA’s activities through a sector storing important solid waste data in a consistent lens. manner to support interventions in the sector. • “From the Bottom Up: How Small Power Another important initiative in FY14 involved Producers and Mini-Grids Can Deliver the OBA Community of Practice (CoP), which Electrification and Renewable Energy in Africa” increased its numbers by 32 percent for a total 28 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 of 248 members. Sponsored by GPOBA, the CoP releases for four grant signings, videos, and the Annual continued to provide opportunities for practitioners Report. Communications also launched a new website to share best practices in OBA through peer in October 2013 as part of the 10-Year Anniversary learning, knowledge sharing, and networking. In events, giving the organization a more innovative and October 2013, GPOBA organized a networking and contemporary look. knowledge sharing event to commemorate GPOBA’s 10-Year Anniversary (see box 4). In conjunction Communications assisted GPOBA with positioning, with the conference, GPOBA established an online provided advocacy strategies, and tailored content to presence for the CoP by launching a collaborative specific audiences. In FY14, OBA received global media platform for connectivity and knowledge sharing. attention in various specialized news outlets. A special Efforts in FY14 focused on recruiting and retaining feature on GPOBA was included in the fifth anniversary new members and encouraging member edition of the on-line magazine “Europe Today.” This participation. The CoP also hosted a screening of the magazine is published by the European Academy for GPOBA-produced video “10 Years of Output-Based Taxes, Economics and Law, which invited GPOBA’s Aid around the World” during the World Bank’s Program Manager to give a presentation in October Forum 2014 in February. 2013 at its conference on “Results-Based Management for EU Funds, International and National Funding” in COMMUNICATIONS Berlin. The presentations on designing OBA projects GPOBA works to position OBA with internal and spurred interest by the Czech and Polish governments, external audiences, as well as in the broader resulting in an OBA training session to be held Krakow international discussions on aid effectiveness and in late 2014. As a follow-up to the OBA training for innovative finance. In FY14, communications reached DFAT staff in October 2013, GPOBA contributed to out to the development community through its monthly their blog “Engage,” outlining the role of OBA as an electronic newsletter, web feature stories, press incentive to service providers. LOOKING Ira Peppercorn / World Bank AHEAD t GPOBA’s annual Program Council are increasingly adopting results-based approaches A Meeting in Stockholm in May 2014, Donors acknowledged the importance of continuing to push for cutting-edge financing solutions that rely on independent verification for aid delivery. GPOBA will continue to inform and inspire new approaches to traditional aid as it expands its horizons for development aid. There is increasing recognition into new sectors and regions. that traditional aid is not enough, and complementary financing measures are necessary to reduce poverty Testing innovative approaches has its risks, and in developing countries. While Official Development GPOBA understands the importance of learning from Aid is declining, the demand for basic services is challenges and setbacks as well as successes. Donors increasing. The World Bank’s estimates point to a $1 stressed the value of lessons learned from GPOBA trillion gap in investment in infrastructure in developing programs, as well as the importance of introducing RBF countries, with existing multilateral development banks approaches in FCS and less-tested sectors, all of which able to fill less than half the gap. As governments is reflected in GPOBAs work plan for FY15. look for innovation in development finance, Donors 30 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 In addition, GPOBA looks forward to the results of will launch a new initiative in a third CCSA—climate a renewed Independent Evaluation, which will offer change—focusing on OBA/RBF solutions for climate guidance and direction as GPOBA moves closer to its change mitigation and adaptation. vision of becoming a CoE. Moving forward, GPOBA will continue its work to As the WBG enters its first year under a new bring innovative, results-based solutions to meet management structure comprised of 14 Global development challenges, exploring new horizons, Practices and five cross-cutting solutions areas (CCSAs), sharing lessons learned, and supporting the WBG, GPOBA is well positioned to help build and strengthen governments, and ODPs to ensure the delivery of basic platforms of engagement across the WBG and with services to the poor in developing countries. ODPs. GPOBA currently supports work in nearly half the new GPs and two CCSAs. In FY15, GPOBA Ira Peppercorn / World Bank APPENDICES 32 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 APPENDIX A FINANCIA L S TATEMENT G POBA derives its resources from Donor contributions, which are channeled through trust  DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TABLE A1 TO GPOBA (IN $MILLIONS) funds administered by the World Bank. The World Bank recovers an administrative fee for costs associated Pledgedc Received To be received with this task. GPOBA’s budget and accounting DFID a 112.84 111.13 1.71 processes are aligned with the World Bank fiscal year, IFC 97.8 97.8 — which runs from July to June. DGIS 28.3 28.3 — DFAT 37.4 37.4 — CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED Sida EUb 44.48 2.0 41.84 1.8 2.64 As of June 30, 2014, GPOBA’s Donors have pledged a Total 322.82 318.27 4.35 total of $323 million to the program, with $318 million DFID includes the DFID I, DFID Challenge, and DFID II Trust funds. DFID a.  (98 percent) received (see tables A.1 and A.2). I was legally closed in FY13. b. The EU TF TF070963 was legally closed in FY13. c.  The difference in Pledged amount from last year (FY13 US$323.1 million) is due to a foreign exchange difference in the “To be received” DISBURSEMENTS component. GPOBA disbursements totaled $21.4 million in FY14 (table A.3). Disbursements were made for activities approved in FY14, as well as for activities approved in prior years that are implemented over multiple years. under implementation, with the rest going to TA, and preparation and supervision of projects. At $1.45 Of the total disbursements this fiscal year, nearly $20 million, program management and administration million (93.5 percent) was related to the annual work represented 6.5 percent of total disbursements, program. Most of this amount ($14.2 million) consisted which includes CoE activities such as knowledge and of disbursements of subsidy funding by pilot projects learning. TABLE A2    RECEIPT OF DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS BY YEAR (IN $MILLIONS) FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 Total DFID 2.50 3.40 6.80 21.70 13.30 10.20 19.20 14.40 11.20 6.80 1.63 111.13 IFC 35.00 25.50 37.30 97.80 DGIS 11.00 8.00 9.30 28.30 DFAT 0.30 4.20 24.60 8.30 37.40 Sida 6.90 8.90 2.20 20.80 3.04 41.84 EU 1.00 0.80 1.80 Total 2.50 3.40 41.80 33.00 57.90 45.10 28.10 53.90 19.50 28.40 4.67 318.27 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 33 SINGLE AUDIT PROCESS TABLE A3   GPOBA DISBURSEMENTS IN FY14  The WBG has instituted an annual “single audit” exercise for all trust funds. As part of this exercise, Program Management the GPOBA Program Manager signs a trust fund a)  Program Management and Center 1,455,393 representation letter attesting to the correctness and of Expertise completeness of the financial process for all GPOBA Sub-total 1,455,393 trust funds. The task manager for each approved Disbursements related to FY14 Annual Work Program activity is required to confirm that due diligence has Technical Assistance a)  3,638,143 been exercised with respect to the administration, b)  Project Preparation and 2,126,489 management, and monitoring of the funds awarded Supervision for the activity, and has ensured that all expenses and Subsidy Funding c)  14,216,163 disbursements are made in accordance with World Sub-total 19,980,794 Bank procurement and administrative guidelines. Total 21,436,187 34 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 APPENDIX B GPOBA PORTFOLIO OF SIGNED GRANT AGREEMENTS AS OF JUNE 30, 2014 Grant Number Average IDA amount of people subsidy per Country Project name eligibility ($ million) benefiting person ($) Description Armenia Access to Gas IDA blend 3.10 23,739 130.59 This project closed in December 2009, having & Heat Supply improved access to gas and heating services for Poor Urban for poor households in urban multi-apartment Households in buildings, by subsidizing the cost of new service Armenia connections. Bangladesh Rural Electrification IDA 1.10 20,000 55.00 This project aims to help about 5,000 and Renewable households, shops, and small and medium Energy enterprises in rural Bangladesh gain access Development – Mini to electricity by reducing the capital cost of Grid Project mini-grid systems. The GPOBA grant will mean providers can charge a tariff that is affordable to the connected beneficiaries. Bangladesh Rural Electrification IDA 13.95 2,373,075 5.88 This project aims to increase access to and Renewable energy services for poor people in rural areas Energy of Bangladesh by addressing the issue of Development – insufficient grid capacity through the installation Solar Home Systems of Solar Home Systems. Project Bolivia Decentralized IDA blend 5.18 45,000 115.00 This project established direct connections and Electricity for affordable access to electricity for poor Bolivian Universal Access households and microenterprises in remote rural areas of Bolivia. Cameroon Cameroon Water IDA 5.25 240,000 21.88 This project will subsidize the cost of new Affermage Contract connections to piped water for low- to middle- - OBA for Coverage income households currently without access, Expansion and is expected to benefit around 240,000 people. Colombia Natural Gas IBRD 5.10 210,000 24.29 This project closed on July 31, 2008, having Distribution for Low- successfully connected 34,138 families to the income Families in natural gas distribution network along the the Caribbean Coast Caribbean coast of Colombia. Ethiopia Ethiopia IDA 8.00 1,142,855 7.00 This OBA scheme helped EEPCo, a state-owned Electrification national utility, finance the cost of providing Access Rural access to electricity for poor customers in rural Expansion Project towns and villages with grid access. Ghana Solar PV Systems to IDA 4.35 75,000 58.00 The GPOBA grant provides increased electricity Increase Access to access through renewable energy technology Electricity for poor households in remote rural regions of Ghana. Honduras Extension of Water IDA 4.59 87,600 52.40 This project developed an OBA facility and Sanitation to establish an efficient and transparent Services in Low- mechanism for financing infrastructure in water income Areas of and sanitation projects in Honduras. Honduras (continued on next page) GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 35 (continued) Grant Number Average IDA amount of people subsidy per Country Project name eligibility ($ million) benefiting person ($) Description India Improved Rural IDA blend 0.85 77,878 10.91 This project closed on December 31, 2009, Community Water in having provided access to safe drinking water Andhra Pradesh for 77,878 poor inhabitants of Andhra Pradesh through the development of 25 community water supply schemes. India Mumbai Improved IDA blend 1.65 131,250 12.57 The GPOBA grant subsidized the cost Electricity Access of electricity connections and wiring for to Indian Slum inhabitants of the Shivajinagar slum in Mumbai. Dwellers Project Indonesia Expanding Piped IBRD 2.41 77,500 31.06 This OBA scheme has extended piped water Water Supply to connections to around 15,500 low-income Surabaya’s Urban households in Surabaya. Poor Project Indonesia Expansion of Water IDA blend 2.57 58,150 44.25 This project brought water services to Services in Low- communities in low-income areas of Jakarta income Areas of by funding one-off connection subsidies for an Jakarta estimated 12,000 poor households. Indonesia Extending IBRD 1.87 758,210 2.46 This project facilitates access to the Internet Telecommunications and associated telecommunications and data in Rural Indonesia services through “community access points” in poor areas. Kenya Micro-finance IDA 3.09 106,267 29.09 This scheme increased access to and efficiency for Small Water in water supply services for the poor in Schemes rural and peri-urban areas of Kenya through investments in around 35 community water projects. Kenya Kenya Electricity IDA 5.15 264,000 19.51 This project uses GPOBA funds to scale-up the Expansion Project Kenya Power and Lighting Company’s model of delivering electricity connections in slums throughout Nairobi. The goal of this project is to scale-up a method of connecting the urban poor through use of a small but targeted subsidy. Kenya Nairobi Sanitation IDA 4.33 80,000 54.13 The Development Objective is to provide sustainable access to sanitation and water services in selected low-income communities of Nairobi, by applying one-off OBA subsidies in order to make pro-poor sewerage and water connections financially viable. Lesotho Lesotho Health PPP IDA 6.25 500,000 12.50 The GPOBA grant will provide subsidies for Project inpatient services at a new 390-bed National Referral Hospital, and outpatient services at three semi-urban filter clinics that have been refurbished.  Liberia Monrovia Improved IDA 10.20 80,000 127.50 The GPOBA grant off-sets part of the capital Electricity Access costs associated with building the transmission Project and distribution networks for Monrovia. The grant also subsidizes connection costs for individual households. Mali Mali Rural IDA 5.00 130,000 38.46 The objective of the project is to expand access Electrification to modern energy services in rural areas of the Hybrid System recipient and to increase renewable energy generation in target areas. Mongolia Mongolia OBA Pilot IDA 0.26 22,315 11.62 This project closed on October 31, 2008, Project of Universal having provided telephone services to around Access Strategy 20,000 members of herder communities, and telephone and Internet services to around 22,315 residents. (continued on next page) 36 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 (continued) Grant Number Average IDA amount of people subsidy per Country Project name eligibility ($ million) benefiting person ($) Description Morocco Morocco Urban IBRD 7.00 52,520 133.28 The project closed on December 31, 2012, Water and having provided with access to safe water and Sanitation improved sanitation for over 11,000 low-income households in disadvantaged peri-urban and rural neighborhoods of Casablanca, Meknes, and Tangiers. Mozambique Mozambique Water IDA 5.00 468,000 10.68 This project aims to provide subsidized Private Sector water connections for domestic consumers Contracts–OBA for in Mozambique through the construction of Coverage Expansion shared yard taps, expected to benefit up to 468,000 people. Nepal Biogas Support IDA 5.00 184,541 27.09 The scheme subsidized approximately 26,000 Program biogas plants for rural Nepalese households to increase access to clean and affordable energy for cooking and lighting. Nepal Municipal Solid IDA 4.28 800,000 5.35 The project will support improvement in the Waste Management quality and financial sustainability of solid waste management services in four participating municipalities targeting 800,000 beneficiaries. Nigeria Nigeria Pre-Paid IDA 6.02 22,500 267.34 This OBA scheme aims to provide affordable Health Scheme prepaid health insurance plans for up to 22,500 Project beneficiaries (employees and their families) who belong to the Computer and Allied Products Association (CAPDAN) at the Ikeja IT village in Lagos. Philippines Improved Access IBRD 2.85 123,084 23.15 This project provided affordable piped potable to Water Services water to poor households in Metro Manila. in the East Zone of Metro Manila Project Philippines Philippines IBRD 3.65 786,765 4.64 The project aims to increase access to Reproductive Health affordable maternal and reproductive health services for around 200,000 low-income families Senegal On-Site Sanitation IDA 5.76 103,500 55.69 This OBA subsidy scheme helped offset the Project cost of new sanitation facilities for an estimated 11,500 poor households. Sri Lanka Increasing IDA blend 5.08 77,035 65.94 Improving access to sanitation services in Household Access Greater Colombo by increasing the number to Domestic of house connections to existing and new Sanitation in Greater sewerage networks, and improving on-site Colombo sanitation services at household level through rehabilitation of septic tanks and regulated desludging services. Uganda OBA in Kampala– IDA 2.53 469,950 5.38 This scheme will provide a one-off connection Water Connections subsidy to partially fund the cost of new for the Poor domestic metered connections. The project envisages making about 20,000 new yard tap connections and installing about 800 new public water points over a period of three years. Uganda OBA in Water IDA 3.21 51,972 61.71 This project increased access to sustainable Supply in Uganda’s water supply services for the poor living in Small Towns and selected small towns and rural growth centers, Rural Growth benefitting over 50,000 people. Centers Uganda Reproductive Health IDA 4.30 164,616 26.12 This project improved women’s access to Vouchers in Western trained medical professionals throughout Uganda pregnancy and provided subsidized treatment of sexually transmitted diseases for over 160,000 poor Ugandans. (continued on next page) GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 37 (continued) Grant Number Average IDA amount of people subsidy per Country Project name eligibility ($ million) benefiting person ($) Description Uganda Uganda Grid-Based IDA 5.50 510,000 10.78 The OBA scheme provides subsidies to help fill OBA Facility Project the gap between what the user is willing to pay for connecting to the electricity grid, and what it costs the electricity distribution companies to make these connections. Vanuatu Improved Electricity IDA 4.85 21,440 226.21 The Project Development Objective for this Access operation is to increase sustainable access to formal grid-based electricity services within Vanuatu’s electricity concession service areas for low-income consumers through targeted subsidies. Vietnam Vietnam Rural Water IDA 4.50 176,720 25.46 This project brought safe water services to an (EMW) estimated 30,000 poor families in rural Vietnam. Vietnam Vietnam Upper IDA 3.00 8,100 370.37 This pilot increased access to secondary Secondary education at semi-public and private schools for Education over 8,100 poor students. Subsidy payments to Enhancement participating schools were made on condition Project of pre-agreed indicators that demonstrated both a student’s attendance and educational attainment. West Bank Solid Waste   8.25 840,000 9.82 This project is designed to enable better Management quality, affordable, more efficient, and sustainable waste collection, transport, and safe disposal of waste in the West Bank. Yemen Yemen Safe IDA 3.91 30,000 130.41 The objective of this project is to provide Motherhood sustainable maternal health services, including Program up to 15,000 safe child births, to poor women of reproductive age (15–49) in Sana’a, Yemen. Total     178.9 11,393,582 15.7   Note: Table reflects data at time that grants were signed. 38 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 APPENDIX C Inn- OB A- tion s AWAR D WIN N ER S Region Sector Project title Award category(ies) AFR Water Kenya Microfinance for a. Enabling private sector participation. Community Water b. Leveraging partnerships with ODPs. This is GPOBA’s first project facilitating access to private finance by blending OBA subsidies with commercial finance. EAP Water Improved Access to Water a. Enabling private sector participation. Services in the East Zone b. Scale-up effect, setting a foundation for a National OBA Facility for water and of Metro Manila sanitation c. Collaboration with IFC, which contributed $2.9 million to the project. EAP Water Expanding Piped Water a. Leveraging partnerships with Donors. The project helped leverage over $100 Services to Surabaya’s million from DFAT and $10 million from USAID. Urban Poor b. Impact on sector policy in Indonesia. c. Scale-up effect. The project won government buy-in to adopt OBA as the nationwide program for opening access to water and sanitation. EAP Education Vietnam Upper-Secondary a. OBA pioneer for testing OBA in a new sector. Education Enhancement b. Leveraging partnerships with local education partners, including government- sponsored associations that work to improve education in Vietnam. LAC Water and Honduras National OBA a. OBA pioneer, as the first OBA facility established by GPOBA and the World sanitation Facility for Water and Bank. Sanitation Services b. Leveraging partnerships with the government, donors, and others. c. Enabling private sector participation. d. Community participation. Communities contributed in kind and by helping with the construction and other labor activities. LAC Transport/ Argentina National CREMA a. Pioneer of RBF in road asset management. Roads Program b. Enabling private sector participation. c. Impact on sector policy and replication effect. This strategy has recently expanded from the national to provincial level in Argentina, and is being replicated in other countries. MENA Health Yemen Safe-Motherhood a. OBA pioneer. This is Yemen’s first RBF project, and the first pilot in the country Project with a successful partnership between NGOs and the private sector. b. Collaboration with IFC, which contributed $3.9 million to the project. SAR Water Andhra Pradesh Water a. OBA pioneer, piloting a new, energy-efficient, and nonpolluting UV water Scheme purification technology under a PPP model. b. Enabling the private sector. c. Leveraging partnerships between private sector providers and local NGOs. d. Working at a grassroots level with full community engagement. SAR Energy Bangladesh Rural a. Leveraging partnerships between the implementing agency, a government- Electrification and owned infrastructure finance company, and NGOs. Renewable Energy b. Scale-up effect, as plans for a scale-up are underway. Development SAR Solid waste Nepal Solid Waste a. OBA pioneer for the innovative use of OBA in a new sector, especially one that manage- Management project traditionally suffers from a lack of financing, lack of institutional capacity, and ment poor quality. AFR=Africa. EAP=East Asia and Pacific. LAC=Latin America and the Caribbean. MENA=Middle East and North Africa. SAR=South Asia. 40 GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 APPENDIX D GPOBA T EAM Carmen Nonay Program Manager Rajesh Advani Infrastructure Specialist Inga Afanasieva Infrastructure Specialist Ana Silvia Aguilera Infrastructure Specialist Ricardo Arias Senior Infrastructure Specialist Daniel Coila Operations Analyst Raluca Golumbeanu Infrastructure Specialist Saúl E. González Communications Specialist, Research Assistant Rachel Jones Consultant (Portfolio) Oleh Khalayim Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Hywon Cha Kim Knowledge Management Officer Bindeswar Prasad Lekhak Voice Secondee (Nepal) Esther Loening Infrastructure Specialist Jessica Lopez New Business/Knowledge Management consultant Charis Lypiridis Infrastructure Specialist Catherine Commander O’Farrell Lead Infrastructure Specialist Archana Narasimhan Resource Management Analyst Peggy Wilhide Nasir Senior Communications Officer Coumba Ngom Consultant (Portfolio) Constance Polite Program Assistant Juliet Pumpuni Senior Infrastructure Specialist Yara Salem Senior Infrastructure Specialist Leslie Villegas Infrastructure Specialist Soo Jung Yoo Knowledge Management Consultant GPOBA ANNUAL REPORT 2014 41 GPOBA Team Washington, DC 2014 www.gpoba.org www.oba-data.org