Evaluating the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond: How Outcomes-Based Financing Can Shape Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Additionality
CASE STUDY

Evaluating the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond: How Outcomes-Based Financing Can Shape Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Additionality

September 2026

By Archana Mehendale

 

This report examines the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond as a case study to assess whether and how this financing mechanism contributed to (a) additionality in education financing, (b) improvements in effectiveness and efficiency and (c) the inclusion of hard-to-reach populations.