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Output-based aid (OBA) is an innovative approach to increasing access to basic services – such as infrastructure, healthcare, and education – for the poor in developing countries.

OBA is used in cases where poor people are being excluded from basic services because they cannot afford to pay the full cost of user fees such as connection fees. 

OBA is also known as “performance-based aid” or “results-based financing” (in the health sector). It is part of a broader donor effort to ensure that aid is well spent and that the benefits go to the poor.

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To see all GPOBA's publications on OBA, including case studies of OBA projects, click here.

To learn about designing and implementing OBA schemes, click here.