Program-for-Results (PforR)

Program-for-Results (PforR) is sponsored by World Bank Group. Program-for-Results (PforR) links the disbursement of World Bank funds directly to the achievement of defined results. This helps countries improve the design and implementation of their own development programs, strengthen institutions, enhance systems, and build capacity.

Program-for-Results Financing (PforR) Working for a World Free of Poverty Program-for-Results Financing (PforR) Supporting Climate-resilient Rice Production in China's Hunan Province The project will help reduce methane emissions, improve irrigation and drainage services, and provide agricultural support for climate-resilient rice production in Hunan province, China’s largest rice production area.

In today’s world, development is about results and institutional strengthening. Everyone—government officials, parliamentarians, civil society, and the private sector—is demanding programs that help deliver sustainable results and build institutions. To address this growing demand, the World Bank developed the Program-for-Results (PforR) financing instrument.

PforR’s unique features include using a country’s own institutions and processes, and linking disbursement of funds directly to the achievement of specific program results. This approach helps build capacity within the country, enhances effectiveness and efficiency and leads to achievement of tangible, sustainable program results.

Support borrowers’ programs PforR is also unique because it supports government programs and helps leverage World Bank development assistance by fostering partnerships and aligning development partner goals and results that can lead to greater development effectiveness.

PforR is available to all World Bank member countries and is one of three financing instruments offered, accompanying Investment Project Financing (IPF) and Development Policy Financing (DPF). The choice of instrument depends on a client’s needs and the development challenge to be addressed. Since its creation in 2012, there has been steady increase in the use of PforR.

As of March 27, 2026 there are 221 active PforR operations totaling $68. 4 billion of financing. In many cases, PforR operations have served as a platform to mobilize development partner support around government programs and the strengthening of those program systems.

Innovative Financing for Air Pollution Control in Jing-Jin-Ji AF to Sustainable Rural Sanitation Services Program AF to Sustainable Rural Sanitation Services Program PforR Policy and Guidance: Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption Resources and Information PforR: Proposal to Remove the Cap on Commitment Authority (April 2019) IEG's Early Stage Assessment of the Process and Effects of PforR (November 2016) PforR Two-Year Review (March 2015) PforR Board Paper: New Instrument to Advance Development Effectiveness (December 2011) New World Bank Financing Aims to Strengthen Indonesia's Tuberculosis Response Program , January 2023 Serbia Pursues Better Public Financial Management and Green Transition with World Bank Support , March 2023 Agricultural Production in Ukraine to Recover with World Bank Support , March 2023 World Bank Approves $82 Million for Prevention of Zoonotic, Endemic Diseases in India , May 2023 World Bank Loan Will Support Reducing Methane, Saving Water in Hunan’s Rice Paddies , May 2023 World Bank Helps Bangladesh Improve Secondary Education , September 2023 New World Bank Program to Strengthen Urban Water, Sewerage System for 2 Million People in India’s Tamil Nadu State , December 2023 Kenya Secures Support to Further Strengthen Transparency in Public Finance Management and Enhance Revenue Mobilization , December 2023 World Bank Provides New Results-Based Financing Support to Strengthen Malawi’s Fiscal Governance , May 2024 World Bank Approves $115 Million to Support Senegal’s Fiscal Reforms and Strengthen Public Financial Management , June 2025 Positioning Togo as a Regional Hub in Agribusiness and Animal Nutrition , June 2025 New World Bank Program to Expand Electricity Access to Six Million People Across Ethiopia , July 2025 Transforming institutions for inclusive services and human development in Albania , July 2025 World Bank Supports First Program-for-Results in South Africa to Boost Urban Service Delivery April 2026 [NEW] Benin: 10,000 Women Entrepreneurs Receive Business Development Support April 2026 [NEW] Rwanda Steps Up Efforts to Improve Domestic Revenue Collection and Accelerate Job Creation April 2026 [NEW] World Bank supports the expansion of Colombia’s Multipurpose Cadaster April 2026 [NEW] Find additional PforR Projects in our Operations portal You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.

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