December 17 - Meeting minutes

The document summarizes discussions from an international workshop on performance-based financing in the health sector in low-income countries. Several speakers presented on experiences with performance-based financing (PBF) in various countries. Agnes Soucat from the World Bank outlined challenges in achieving health targets and suggested that results-based financing could help overcome bottlenecks. Bruno Meessen argued for reforming public health systems using an institutional economics perspective. Agnes Soucat also presented on Rwanda's experience with PBF between 2002-2008, noting increases in health services and motivation. The workshop discussed evidence and lessons from PBF implementation in various contexts.