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In these circumstances, a detailed focus on intervention design is critical to make
sure that appropriate attention is paid to each of the nexus components involved. If
some of the crossed effects are not suf
ciently understood, making use of the focus
on data gathering and veri
cation inherent to RBF tools could provide a good
opportunity to obtain the data needed to
fill some of the knowledge gaps leading to
a better understanding of those crossed effects.
At a higher level, when there is strong government and development institution
commitment to a more balanced approach to development and/or a willingness to
broader understanding of the interrelations between the nexus components, indices
could be used to measure the effects of different interventions in each component
and combined in an appropriate way to compound positive and negative impacts.
Thus, an RBF scheme like COD could reward those sets of interventions that
contribute to an improvement in all components of the nexus combined instead of
focusing on sector speci
c improvements.
In this case, a chain of intertwined interventions could be designed to take
advantage of different RBF tools that incentivize different stakeholders to deliver
those results that each can provide at their level and, in that way contribute to
achieving the higher level of results that were delineated with focus on the nexus.
Aiming for more balanced development interventions, as pursued by the nexus
approach and using results-based incentives to support such interventions, while
improving our understanding of the overall interactions affecting the sectors in
focus and allocating resources in a more transparent way, could sound very
attractive. The proposed combination of approaches is an almost unexplored ter-
ritory and would require a bold commitment from all stakeholders with a long-term
horizon and a willingness to continue to support the effort and adapt to changing
circumstances and new knowledge that could modify initial assumptions to see if
the proposed association could prove effective.
References
ESMAP. (2013). Results based financing in the energy sector, an analytical guide . Washington,
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