| Country (and Region): | Vietnam (East Asia and Pacific) | |||
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| Sector(s): | Education |
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| Activity Objectives: | The project is a pilot output-based subsidy scheme to increase access to secondary education at semi-public and private schools to for poor students. The performance-based nature of the project is expected to provide incentives for providing quality education. There is also a technical assistance component to help design the project with a particular focus on developing a system to determine how to incorporate a results measure that will be the basis for subsidy disbursement.
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| Project Update: | The grant agreement was signed on June 15 2010. |
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| Development Impact: | The project will give poor students access to a quality secondary education by subsidizing the cost of school fees. |
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| GPOBA's role: | The gap between the discounted school fee and the cost of providing service will be covered by an output-based subsidy from GPOBA. To ensure that students will get a quality education, participating schools will only receive the subsidy based on a combination of demonstrated attendance and educational attainment. The results measurement system will be designed by the technical assistance component. This is GPOBA’s first approved project in the Education Sector. |
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| Activity Type: | Subsidy Funding Technical Assistance |
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| Total Project Cost: | US$3,140,000 | |||
| GPOBA Technical Assistance: | US$140,000 | |||
| GPOBA Grant: | US$3,000,000 | |||
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| Grant Recipient: | East Meets West Foundation | |||
| Environmental/Social Categorization: | Category C |
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| Approval date: | May 2009 | |||
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| Status: | Active | |||