A trust fund that supports efforts toward more and better education services by helping country systems focus more sharply on results, an approach called results-based financing.
The Results for All Children (REACH) Trust Fund supports efforts toward more and better education services by helping country systems focus more sharply on results, an approach called results-based financing. A portion of the Trust Fund’s work is dedicated to advancing the work of the Global Book Alliance by building knowledge around how incentives can improve different parts of the book supply chain.
REACH has invested in 37 activities in 22 countries, and organized over 30 global learning events, the outputs of which are captured in a knowledge suite of products on the evidence, lessons learned, and impact around the use of results-based financing.
Evidence from many contexts shows that effective access to and use of textbooks and reading materials are one of the highest impact and most cost-effective ways of improving literacy and raising learning outcomes in developing countries. Yet many children do not have access to the reading materials they need to master basic literacy because of a lack of content in appropriate languages, inflated costs, inefficient supply chains, and ineffective use of books for improving early grade learning outcomes.
RESULTS-BASED FINANCING
Results-based financing can help countries tackle these challenges by structuring payments and incentives for actors across the book supply chain in ways that make book chains more efficient, ultimately ensuring that children receive quality books in languages they understand. While each country will face its own unique challenges, achieving this objective will require strengthening the book chain which includes: a) book forecasting; b) book development and production; c) book procurement; d) supply chain management and distribution; and e) book utilization. REACH grants have helped to test and build evidence related to a variety of strategies to improve segments of the book supply chain.
REACH is managed by the World Bank and funded by NORAD, USAID, and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
REACH Resources
Below are some REACH-related resources including reports, articles, blogs, and more. Use the arrows to navigate through the resources.
