ICE BREAKER: RBF SCHEMES AND THEIR EVALUATIONS -

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

Annual Results and Impact Evaluation Workshop

March 2014

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Warm Up

1- How many FIFA (soccer) World Cups has Argentina won?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

2- How many RBF country programs are represented at this workshop?

• 26

• 29

• 31

• 35

Questions on RBF

operations

3- Which countries currently have RBF implemented nationwide?

• Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lao PDR, Zimbabwe

• Argentina, Armenia, Burundi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone

• Benin, the Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia

4- Which countries are starting or implementing demand side RBF programs, particularly

vouchers and CCTs?

• Argentina, Brazil, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Zambia

• Afghanistan, Armenia, Burkina Faso, Kyrgyz Republic, Lesotho

• Kenya, Lao PDR, Pakistan, Senegal, Zimbabwe

• Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Liberia, Tanzania

5- Which countries are planning or implementing RBF programs that provide incentives to the overall

community or community (health) agents?

• Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone

• Burundi, Cameroon, the Gambia, Haiti, India, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda

• Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Liberia, Kenya, Lesotho, Senegal, Zimbabwe

6- Which country is paying incentives to family health teams in their RBF program?

• Brazil

• Djibouti

• Nigeria

• Senegal

• Tanzania

7- Which countries are paying MOSTLY for quality in hospitals (with little or

none for quantity) in their RBF design?

• Afghanistan, Ghana

• Armenia, India

• Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia

• Pakistan, Senegal

• Tajikistan, Nigeria

8- Which country is paying for additional services in their RBF program?

• Afghanistan

• Brazil

• Liberia

• Pakistan

• Rwanda

9- Which country will implement RBF almost entirely in an urban setting?

• Armenia

• Djibouti

• Haiti

• Nigeria

• Zambia

Questions on RBF impact evaluations

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10- Which countries have completed an impact evaluation and are using the results to inform

the subsequent RBF program design?

• Argentina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania

• Armenia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe

• Benin, the Republic of Congo, Kenya

11- Which countries will evaluate the performance of health facilities under PBF in comparison to facilities that receive input financing in amounts equalling the

average of that received by the PBF facilities?

• Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Haiti

• Burundi, Brazil, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe

• Benin, Lesotho, Nigeria, Zambia

• Armenia, Senegal, Tanzania

12- Which countries will assess the impact of RBF programs with and without additional

interventions targeted at improving quality?

• Armenia, Pakistan

• India, Tanzania

• Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan

• Lesotho, Senegal

13- Which countries (are planning to) test combinations of RBF and health insurance schemes

and use it in their impact evaluation designs?

• Brazil, The Republic of Congo, Haiti

• Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya

• Lesotho, Pakistan, Senegal

• Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan

14- Which country is testing varying levels of RBF payments across impact

evaluation intervention groups?

• Benin

• Cameroon

• Central African Republic

• Pakistan

• Tajikistan

THANK YOU!