GLN Domestic Resource Mobilisation Webinar IV: Innovative Financing for WCAH — Leveraging Social Impact Bonds to Strengthen Domestic Resource Mobilisation

A deepening health financing crisis is placing women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (WCAH) under growing strain in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Declining external assistance, rising debt obligations and limited fiscal space have constrained governments’ ability to sustain essential health services, increasing out-of-pocket costs and threatening progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) (WHO, 2025).

These pressures are already disrupting priority services, including maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, and risk reversing decades of progress in equity and access. Addressing this challenge requires innovative financing approaches that can mobilize domestic resources, strengthen accountability and align public and private actors around measurable results.

The fourth webinar in this series will focus on Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) as a catalytic financing mechanism to advance WCAH. As an outcome-based model, SIBs enable governments to pay for results rather than inputs, while leveraging upfront capital from private investors and shifting performance risk away from the public sector. The session will examine how SIBs can be designed to support high-impact WCAH interventions, attract domestic private investment and strengthen partnerships between governments, service providers and financiers.

Drawing on real-world experiences from Africa and other LMICs, the webinar will explore what makes WCAH interventions “investable,” the benefits and risks of SIBs compared to traditional financing approaches, and practical considerations for designing and implementing SIBs in resource-constrained settings.

Participants are invited to register to engage in a timely discussion on how Social Impact Bonds can help protect and sustain financing for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health.