This webinar series introduces innovative financing mechanisms that contribute to development solutions, linking needs, objectives and actual results. This series will focus on results-based financing (RBF), in particular, which has emerged as an important tool for financing basic services because it changes the focus from inputs – funding given in advance for expected results – to verified outputs. As a center of expertise for RBF, the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) brings together RBF practitioners and development partners to share results, experiences and lessons on RBF. In 2009, GPOBA approved a US$4.35 million grant to support electricity access for 15,000 households in off-grid areas in Ghana through solar home systems (SHSs) and photovoltaic (PV) lanterns. The project was part of the Renewable Energy component of the US$90 million Ghana Energy Development and Access Project (GEDAP), complementing its focus on grid extension. Under the supervision of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, ARB Apex Bank was the implementing partner and managed an IDA-supported line of credit to refinance 80 percent of loans from 12 participating rural banks for their clients to purchase SHSs, the rural banks contributed the remaining 20 percent from their own capital. The service providers for the project were approved private dealers who were members of the Association of Ghana Solar Industries (AGSI). The AGSI served as key interlocutor for the project, working on raising awareness of SHSs, capacity building, and helping the service providers to access finance. GPOBA provided subsidies to the service providers of 50-60 percent of the total cost of purchasing and maintaining SHSs. The webinar will discuss the project in detail, exploring how RBF can be used to maximize financing for development in renewable energy.