The engine room
for energy access
results-based financing

RBF Works is an industry-wide collective driving a necessary strategic reset — transforming results-based mechanisms into sustainable, market-building tools that align with national electrification strategies and support a thriving, inclusive provider ecosystem.

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Welcome

A central place to learn from two decades
of results-based financing.

For years, RBF has been deployed across dozens of markets with hard-won lessons scattered across reports, evaluations, and the heads of practitioners. RBF Works pulls that knowledge into one engine room — so the next generation of programs is designed on evidence, not from scratch.

Explore

Six ways in.

01 — Interactive

RBF Program Map

An inventory of 117 results-based programs across 28 countries — click any market to see who funds and implements what.

Open the map
02 — Searchable

Library

Reports, toolkits, and evaluations in one place — just type a keyword and we’ll surface what matches, by region, country, technology, organisation/funder, year, or theme.

Browse resources
03 — Community

Contributors

A reflection of the collective expertise of our sector — the partners and individuals behind this work.

Meet the collective
Coming soon 04 — Report

Key Insights

A flagship synthesis of two decades of RBF evidence — critical insights drawn from 100+ reports, each tracing back to its sources, coming as a readable microsite.

Coming soon
Coming soon 05 — Profiles

Case Studies

Individual RBF programs documented succinctly — the design choices that mattered, and the factors behind their success or failure.

Coming soon
Coming soon 06 — Practical

Toolkit

A practitioner-centric how-to guide for designing and implementing RBF — coming soon.

Coming soon
Contribute

Know an energy access RBF program or a paper we’re missing?

Help us build the most complete picture of results-based financing anywhere. Add program reporting data, submit a case study, or point us to a resource worth hosting.

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Hosted at
Catalyst’s Impact Studio
Funded by BGFA through Nefco
Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa
Nefco