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TitleBringing water to where it is needed most : innovative private sector participation
Publication TypeMiscellaneous
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsInternational Finance Corporation -Washington, DC, US, IFC
Pagination76 p.; ill.; 25 photographs; boxes; fig.
Date Published2011-07-01
PublisherInternational Finance Corporation
Place PublishedWashington, DC, USA
Keywordsmarkets, private sector, safe water supply, small community supply systems, water supply, water supply services, water use
Abstract

Harnessing water for people to use is one of the world’s greatest development challenges. Whether the water provides clean, sustainable energy, or delivers something safe to drink to a village for the first time, water plays a critical role in people’s lives. Both IFC Advisory Services in Public-Private Partnerships and the Water and Sanitation Program are committed to bringing the finance, skills, and expertise of the private sector to help address the water challenge. Difficult problems need varied and pioneering solutions. In this Smart Lessons brochure we share an innovative and diverse range of initiatives from across the World Bank Group. The variety of lessons and experiences in this publication is inspiring, ranging from the Water Footprints Network that supports businesses improving their water use efficiency to the innovative financing mechanisms enabling the expansion of rural water access in Kenya. We are particularly pleased
to see sanitation featuring prominently in the publication. The Millennium Development Goal target for sanitation is probably the toughest to achieve, and we need to deploy the skills and expertise of the private sector if the 2.6 billion people currently without access to sanitation are to be reached. We have the greatest impact when we work in partnership. This publication not only presents partnerships between the public and private sectors, but also represents the growing depth of the partnership between our two organizations. We hope you will find these lessons an interesting and thought-provoking contribution to the debate on water and sanitation. [authors abstract]

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