Approach in Action
Results-Based Programmes (PforR and DLIs)
Indicators, data, verification and fund flows that let results-based money arrive on time.
Your role on this kind of work?
The problem we solve
In results-based programmes money arrives only when results are verified. Delays usually come from unclear indicator protocols, weak administrative data, late verification and funds that do not reach the units that deliver.
Our method, phase by phase
Phase 1 of 5
Readiness review
- Review indicators, protocols and the programme action plan
- Map data flows for each indicator
- Check verification arrangements and timetable
Deliverable: Readiness note with risks per indicator
Phase 2 of 5
Protocols and data
- Write or improve indicator protocols
- Data quality checks before each reporting date
- Templates for evidence
Deliverable: Protocols and data quality routine
Phase 3 of 5
Verification support
- Prepare the terms of reference and method with the verification agent
- Organise evidence and samples
- Use digital evidence where possible
Deliverable: Verification on time
Phase 4 of 5
Fund flows and incentives
- Map the expenditure framework and flow of funds
- Rules to pass results-based funds to delivering units
- Recognition for units that reach results
Deliverable: Fund-flow rules and incentives
Phase 5 of 5
Learning and next design
- Review what helped and hindered results
- Adjust the action plan
- Lessons for the next operation
Deliverable: Lessons note and adjusted plan
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What you receive
- Indicator protocols that can be verified
- A data quality routine
- A verification timetable that holds
- Clear fund flows to delivering units
- Lessons for the next design
How we keep quality
- Methods and tools agreed with you at inception, then applied openly
- Every finding linked to its evidence
- Senior review of every deliverable before it reaches you
- Knowledge transfer: your team keeps the tools and routines
Reference frameworks: World Bank Program-for-Results Financing
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What does Risalat's Results-Based Programmes (PforR and DLIs) approach involve?
Indicators, data, verification and fund flows that let results-based money arrive on time. It runs in 5 phases: Readiness review, Protocols and data, Verification support, Fund flows and incentives, Learning and next design. Each phase ends with an agreed deliverable.
What problem does it solve?
In results-based programmes money arrives only when results are verified. Delays usually come from unclear indicator protocols, weak administrative data, late verification and funds that do not reach the units that deliver.
What does the client receive?
Indicator protocols that can be verified; A data quality routine; A verification timetable that holds; Clear fund flows to delivering units; Lessons for the next design.
Can we try the method before engaging Risalat?
Yes. The instruments on this page are free and online: Results-Based Financing Readiness Blueprint, M&E and MEAL Assessment, Indicator Reference Sheet Builder, Results Chain Sorter. Your answers stay in your browser until you ask for a result. Evaluation committees can also ask for a live walkthrough.
How do we know where to start?
Tick what your organisation already has in the method above: the page shows the first phase that needs work and what the assignment would cover. The diagnostic gives a scored baseline in about ten minutes.
Can it be delivered as training, advisory support or both?
Both. The same method can be delivered as an advisory assignment, as an in-house or open training programme for the team, or as a combination with coaching while the team applies it to its own work.