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The lack of success of blended finance, including the challenges of loan repayments and fiscal space. Read more...
USAID Transform WASH teams up with Government of Ethiopia partners to visit Wore Illu Woreda. Read more...
Report of a WASH Debate on climate adaptation. Read more...
De-risking investments by building capacities and subsidising interest. Report of an IRC-NWP WASH Debate. Read more...
Private money can only be attracted where government leads and strong systems exist. Read more...
More catalytic innovation is needed to have a transformative impact. Read more...
It will cost an estimated US$ 114 billion to deliver WASH to everyone by 2030. As a sector we need to embrace and own this and other big numbers related to SDG 6. Read more...
On the global carbon market big companies like Coca-Cola reduce their carbon footprint by investing in safe water projects that reduce CO2 emissions. Read more...
Dans ce blog, Catarina Fonseca, responsable du programme international et d’innovations d’IRC, traite du financement des objectifs de développement pour l’après-2015. Selon elle, « une part importante des fonds pour le développement devraient provenir d’autres sources ». À savoir des finances... Read more...
In this blog, IRC's head of innovation and international programme Catarina Fonseca discusses the financing of the post-2015 development goals. "A substantial part of funding for development should be sought elsewhere," she argues. Through public finance. Or tax, as we call it. Read more...
Sagar is an island at the mouth of the river Ganges where it meets the Bay of Bengal. Every year in January, about half a million pilgrims visit the island to worship at the holy Ganges. The hundreds of mobile toilet units standing on the empty festival terrain during the rest of the year are... Read more...