; (B) helps identify and promote a broad range of ideas and practices, facilitating further development of an idea or practice by third parties, relating to the alleviation of poverty or other development priority; or (C) leverages new incentives for achieving a desired result, including establishing fixed payment rates for services, or outcomes, paid retroactively to a provider upon verification of the provision of service or the achievement of the desired outcome. (7) Scale up The term scale up , with respect to an innovation that is proven solution (as such term is defined in section 7(d)) to a development problem in one context, means the application of the innovation to a development problem in another context, such as a development problem in a different geographic region or sector. (8) USAID The term USAID means the United States Agency for International Development. (9) USAID operating unit The term USAID operating unit means a bureau, independent office, mission, or representative office of USAID.