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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.118</doi>
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<article-title>FRAMEWORK OF A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM<br/>
FOR APPLYING PROGRAM-FOR-RESULTS<br/>
FUNDING MECHANISM</article-title>
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<author>KAREEM ZAHRAN and A. SAMER EZELDIN</author>

<aff>Construction Engineering Dept, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt</aff>


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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>Following the introduction of the Program-For-Results funding mechanism, in year
2012, The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors requested a follow-up review of
the instrument to be performed two years later. A report titled “Program-For-Results:
Two-Year Review” was issued by the operations policy and country services
department in the World Bank. One of the main conclusions of the report is the lack of
knowledge and experience of the stakeholders involved in the application of the
Program-For-Results (P4R) funding mechanism. This leads to the need for further
guidance and support for future P4R operations. This research aims to fill the gap
between any in-pipeline programs planned to be financed through P4R and previous
experiences within the same sector or financing mechanism. It is planned to
summarize all P4R experiences to-date and other sectoral experiences in a detailed
framework that guides new governments through the life-cycle of P4R. This is
achieved by developing the main framework of a Decision Support System (DSS) that
guides governments/decision makers throughout the lifetime of the P4R program. It
provides guidance for the government in each stage of the P4R starting from the
borrowing preparation stage up to the closing stage.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>World-Bank, Infrastructure, Preparation, Results-based-finance,
Government, Foreign aid.</p>
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