Instead, they will raise their pay as a reward for getting costs down.

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The idea of results-based finance is simple: instead of financing programs aimed at achieving your goal (whether lighting homes or immunizing children), pay a financial reward for the achievement of the goal and let the market find the best way to achieve it.

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Each new story appeared against a constant background of complaints about bosses being paid far too much not least GlaxoSmithKline's Jean-Pierre Garnier, who this week belatedly, and grudgingly, accepted a restructured pay package that would not reward him so well in the event of failure.

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His popularity with the army, whose pay for officers was more than doubled as a reward in September, has soared on the back of such a success.

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Like all reward cards, the benefits are a good deal only if you pay off your balance each month.

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Shareholders will also have a greater say on the pay of CEOs and other executives, so they can reward success instead of failure.

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Bankers' fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but a public-sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.

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As with all reward credit cards, the benefits are a good deal only if you pay off your balance in full each month.

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We should reward fathers who pay that child support with job training and job opportunities and a larger Earned Income Tax Credit that can help them pay the bills.

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Compliments may not pay the rent, but according to new research, they help improve performance in a similar way to receiving a cash reward.

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