Murariu, IngaJohannes, Lars2012-08-132012-08-132010-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10938A number of approaches have been tried to improve school attendance and educational attainment, including the use of Output-Based Aid (OBA). The challenge of introducing OBA in education has often been finding an appropriate definition of 'output' that balances achievement of results with reasonable transfer of performance risk. This review examines several OBA projects in education and describes how they compare to other results-based schemes. It also discusses where the OBA approach fits in the larger spectrum of results-based mechanisms in education, and why it can be successful.CC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTADULTSBASIC SERVICESCOMPLETION RATESDEMAND FOR EDUCATIONDROPOUT RATESEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION FOR GIRLSEDUCATION INFRASTRUCTUREEDUCATION MATERIALSEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTENROLLMENTENROLLMENT OF GIRLSFEMALE LITERACYFEMALE LITERACY RATESFEMALE STUDENTSHUMAN RESOURCESLEARNING OPPORTUNITIESLEARNING OUTCOMESLEVEL OF STUDENT PERFORMANCELIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACYNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSPARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPRIVATE SCHOOLPRIVATE SCHOOLSPRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENTPRIVATE SECTOR PROVIDERSPUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATIONPUBLIC SCHOOLPUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMPUBLIC SCHOOLSQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL COMPLETIONSCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL SPACESSCHOOL-AGESCHOOL-AGE CHILDRENSCHOOLSSTANDARDIZED TESTSSTUDENT ENROLLMENTTEACHERSTEACHINGTELECOMMUNICATIONSTEST SCORESTUITIONVOCATIONAL TRAININGVOUCHERSWorld Bank10.1596/10938