Argentina's Plan Nacer
2016
This case study describes Argentina’s structured system of incentive payments to provide health coverage to poor pregnant women and children. In 2004-7, the Argentinian government and the World Bank joined forces to design Plan Nacer, a program that incorporated Results-Based Financing (RBF)—the linking of financial incentives to improved outcomes—in the budget-transfer mechanism to provincial governments. This case describes the key components of Plan Nacer and its impact on health outcomes and costs. With Plan Nacer, Argentina became the first low- or middle-income country to use incentives to simultaneously expand health coverage and improve birth outcomes.
This case study is part of Millions Saved: New Cases of Proven Success in Global Health, a collection of case studies produced by the Center for Global Development that profiles 18 remarkable cases in which large-scale efforts to improve health in low- and middle-income countries succeeded, and 4 examples of promising interventions that fell short of their health targets when scaled-up in real world conditions. The cases featured on the website are shortened versions of the respective book chapters in the print edition.
Source:
Glassman A, Temin M. Argentina's Plan Nacer. Millions Saved: New Cases of Proven Success in Global Health. Center for Global Development 2016. http://millionssaved.cgdev.org/case-studies/argentinas-plan-nacer.