What social services:

In 2015, a historic moment unfolded as world leaders collectively pledged to secure the rights of people and the planet, integrating economic growth, social well-being, and environmental protection by 2030. This commitment materialized in the form of 17 goals known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

PRBC is a nonprofit organization which harnesses the power of NGOs, CSOs, the private sector and other non-state actors to provide critical social services to under-served communities. It promotes the use of contracting mechanisms that incentivize the achievement of measurable benefits for people. PRBC’s dynamic and successful team brings more than 25 years of experience in effective contracting to help governments, donors, and philanthropic organizations dramatically improve people’s lives.
PRBC works in partnership with local organizations that have a great track record, such as Care of Afghan Families - CAF, in Afghanistan.

The Use of Pay for Performance Contracts with NGOs in Afghanistan:

In many contexts, including fragile settings like Afghanistan, the coverage of basic health services remains low. To address these challenges there has been considerable interest in contracting with NGOs and examining the effect of financial incentives on performance. Read more

PRBC will contribute in achieving the following goals of SDG:

1. No Poverty

2. Zero Hunger

3. Good Health and Well-being

4. Quality Education

How PRBC can contribute to achieve these goals?

PRBC works with Governments and Donor Agencies in:

- Contracting social services with non-state actors achieving desired outcomes

- Developing proper policies, strategies, guidelines, tools and templates for results-based contracting

- Enhancing capacity in designing, administering, managing performance and measuring results

- Improving understanding in defining and verifying results in social services

- Helping in robust evaluation of projects to ensure results are achieved and impacted positively the life of beneficiaries.

PRBC works with Civil Society Organizations, NGOs, and Private Sector in:

- Enhancing capacity in implementation of Results-based Contracting through hands-on-support, coaching and mentoring, and developing guidelines, policies trainings.

- Developing a community of practice with individuals and organizations working in RBC to share lessons learned and improve the knowledge and skills in results based contracting.

- Publishing and disseminating evidences on Results based contracting.

How far the world is from these goals?

Here are some facts, which shows where the world is, for more details you can see the progress report on achieving the sustainable development goals, here. The current status indicates that efforts to reach SDGs needs to be quadrupled in the coming years.

Extreme Poverty: Approximately 95 million people live in extreme poverty, leaving a staggering 4.1 billion individuals unprotected.
Hunger: Between 720 million and 811 million people globally suffered from hunger in 2020, with 2.4 billion experiencing moderate to severe food insecurity.
Nutrition: The prevalence of stunting affected 22.0% (149.2 million) of children under 5 years, while 5 million children died before reaching their fifth birthday in 2020. Over half a billion women aged 15–49 years affected in 2019.
Health Care: In average, 53 in every 100 persons do not have access to Universal Health Coverage, paying out of pocket among more than 13 percent, is more than 10 percent of their household income, which push them toward extreme poverty. 5 million children died before reaching their fifth birthday in 2020 alone, Almost half of those deaths, 2.4 million, occurred in the first month of life. Moreover, 17.1 million children did not receive vaccines through the routine immunization program. An estimated 1.5 million new HIV infections and 680,000 deaths from AIDS occurred in 2020. In 2020, an estimated 10 million people fell ill with tuberculosis worldwide. There were an estimated 241 million malaria cases and 627,000 malaria deaths worldwide in 2020.
Education: Disparities in education persist, with low participation rates in formal and non-formal education in sub-Saharan Africa (5 percent) compared to Northern American and European countries (40 percent).

In summary:

Although, net official development assistance (ODA) flows amounted to $177.6 billion (current price) in 2021, and governments in developing countries spend most of their budgets in providing the social services, the rapidly increasing global population, particularly in developing countries and fragile states, poses challenges. Governments in these regions grapple with conflicting priorities, hindering effective service delivery through traditional means. While donor countries and private foundations provide development aid, resource scarcity remains a significant issue. There is an urgent need to utilize available resources more wisely to achieve higher levels of effectiveness and efficiency in delivering social services. The business-as-usual method of relying on civil servants to provide social services, will not be enough anymore.

Therefore, the initiation and expansion of partnership with non-state actors in service delivery is a critical step. Service delivery programs must be designed, administered, and managed in a way that aligns with measurable and meaningful results. The conventional approach of financing projects based on the number of employees, equipment, or activities may not guarantee success in improving access to social services. This method not only fails to address real problems but also leads to delayed fund disbursement, inefficient resource utilization, and incentives for fraud and corruption.

A transformative solution lies in "Partnership for Results-based Contracting." This approach addresses current challenges in the development arena, tackling issues such as slow fund disbursement, inefficiency, ineffectiveness, fraud and corruption in the design and implementation of projects and it will help to expand the reach of social services, particularly to vulnerable populations in need.

“PRBC”, will work with the governments, donors and non-state actors to improve transparency and accountability in the use of resources, boost effectiveness and efficiency in implementing social programs, and finally improve the coverage and outcomes of social services for the population, especially, those in greater need.