PBESProceedings of Business and Economic Studies2209-26412209-265XBio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/pbes.v1i3.605ArticleRole of Program for Results (P for R) Financing System in Infrastructure Sector: Evidence from Egypt and Ethiopiahttps://artdesignp.com/journal/PBES/1/3/10.26689/pbes.v1i3.605AbdouDoaa Salman2018132018-08-31This study aim are two folds: first is to investigate the role of the World Bank funding via using a novel financing instrument called Program-for-Results (P for R) to strengthen the government programs. Secondly assessing the P for R program’s adopted in countries focusing on the directly effects and the results. The Bank Currently has three integral financing options to offer client countries: Investment Project Financing supports specific projects and disburses against specific expenditures and transactions; Development Policy Lending supports policy and institutional reforms and provides general budget support, and Program-for-Results financing supports government programs and disburses against results. Results for the P for R reflect on the new level because disbursements are directly linked to the achievement of measurable and verifiable outcome. As well, the Disbursement-Linked Indicators (DLIs) are used to provide governments with incentives to achieve critical program milestones and enhance the performance of programs. This study structured based on descriptive and observing the behavior of two countries government (Egypt and Ethiopia) for using of P for R financing loan in a national project. On ground the field of practices was the main indicator in this stage of the investigation, then one of P for R programs was compared to observe the effectiveness of this kind of financing system in this two countries specifically in the infrastructure sector, classifications of DLIs were the main parameter in this comparison. The outcome and the existing literature are analyzed to develop a multi-beneficial for country adopting P for R collaborative programs, as they should be applied to mitigate the same challenges and solve the institutional complications for the beneficial countries homogeneously. Furthermore, enhance the profit of this kind of program more than individually as a kind of sustainable management.          

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