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This paper provides a summary of “Taking Stock: World Bank Experience with Results-Based Financing (RBF) for Health which is posted on this website. This summary describes the rationale for the exercise, methods used, major findings, and lessons learned from the review of World Bank project documents. The paper presents the findings of a review of 260 Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) projects with a health sector performance theme in order to understand the nature and extent of World Bank experience with RBF for Health. This paper reviews HNP project lending to identify the extent and nature of World Bank support for RBF for health in order to draw lessons for strengthening design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Bank projects with RBF activities in the future. Results-Based Financing (RBF) for health is a cash payment or non-monetary transfer made to a national or sub-national government, manager, provider, payer, or consumer of health services after predefined results have been attained and verified. Payment is conditional on measureable actions being undertaken. This review is expected to provide useful information for Bank staff interested in supporting countries in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of RBF operations; and, to establish a baseline for monitoring progress in implementing the HNP Strategy, Healthy Development: The World Bank Strategy for Health, Nutrition and Population Results (2007).