An innovative approach using Results-Based Financing (RBF) enabled the Indonesian government, through a government decentralization project, to improve the accountability and reporting at all levels of basic infrastructure projects. RBF in development projects changes the emphasis from inputs to outputs, and funding is disbursed only when results have been achieved and verified. Thalyta Yuwono, a Senior Urban Economist at the World Bank shares innovations related to the Indonesia’s Local Government Decentralization Project.