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Stop being a neo-liberal and embrace the sanitation system

Published on: 13/11/2019

Sanitation is chronically underfunded, perhaps that’s because we’re not asking for money in the right way or from the right source.

World Water Week 2019 through the lens of IRC

Published on: 13/09/2019

Finding ways to build and finance strong WASH systems, including everyone along the way.

The good, the bad and the ugly of global WASH finance

Published on: 10/07/2019

What is needed to eliminate inequalities and achieve universal access to sanitation?

Mobilising finance for WASH: getting the foundations right

Published on: 30/04/2019

10 things IRC, Water.org and the World Bank think you need to know about the enabling environment for finance in WASH

IRC Pass notes: Financing WASH #notjust4nerds

Published on: 06/03/2019

Is this about that 10euros I owe you? No. It's about the critical importance of finance as a building block within the systems approach

Blended finance: is it all in a mix?

Published on: 14/12/2018

De-risking investments by building capacities and subsidising interest. Report of an IRC-NWP WASH Debate.

Looking for WASH’s magic money tree

Published on: 18/09/2018

Private money can only be attracted where government leads and strong systems exist.

Sharing water: looking back on the 8th World Water Forum

Published on: 11/05/2018

Watershed partners beat the drum for public finance, civil society and good water governance.

Bridging the gap between impact investing and the WASH sector

Published on: 07/11/2017

How can impact investment address the multi-million dollar financing gap in the water sector?

Blended finance for water infrastructure: hope or hype?

Published on: 17/10/2017

More catalytic innovation is needed to have a transformative impact.

Finance – the unavoidable building block

Published on: 16/10/2017

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.

Is grown-up financing finally getting the attention it deserves in the water sector?

Published on: 11/10/2017

All eyes are now on blended finance, but there are real challenges to using it in practice.

Private finance is necessary to achieve the WASH SDGs: but it will only follow Government’s lead

Published on: 20/04/2017

The Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting will focus squarely on finance.

Takeaways from the Water and Health Conference 2016

Published on: 13/12/2016

Increasing interest in the Agenda for Change and investments in the systems approach.

Talking finance at Stockholm: a long way to go for practical and useful approaches

Published on: 01/09/2016

Reflections on Finance for water, sanitation and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Tracking WASH budgets: experiences from Bangladesh

Published on: 08/07/2016

Zobair Hasan ( DORP ) tries to convince local governments to allocate more funds to water and sanitation. He shares his insights in an interview.

Hollywood, avocados and poor water quality

Published on: 31/05/2016

California's legal system and the chronic underfunding of water and sanitation

This economist has no reason to be optimistic on World Water Day

Published on: 23/03/2016

Yesterday was World Water Day and we were flooded with high hopes and a celebratory mood. Goals for the sector have been set last year and there are no significant changes on the horizon. With a business as usual approach, are we really going to achieve the SDGs for the water sector?

Taverne en Smaling, of Ploumen: wie heeft gelijk? Een waterbalans

Published on: 14/12/2015

In deze blog voor Vice Versa gaat Stef Smits dieper in op de publieke kritiek die minister Ploumen recent kreeg van Kamerleden Taverne en Smaling. Is hulp aan de allerarmsten niet meetbaar? Is Ploumens beleid niet op feiten gestoeld? Na wat graafwerk komt Stef Smits tot een opmerkelijke conclusie:...

PF4WASH at the 2015 UNC Water and Health Conference

Published on: 12/11/2015

Guy Norman (WSUP) summarises some of the interesting stuff presented in the public finance session at the 2015 UNC Water and Health Conference. This blog was originally posted on the Public Finance for WASH website by Guy Norman.

How do we reach sustainable urban sanitation?

Published on: 04/09/2015

The new Sustainable Development Goals will not be reached if we do not tackle urban sanitation. This has a serious impact on the health and dignity for all those living in cities, not just the poor.

Paying the piper: why the things that donors are prepared to fund in WASH need to change

Published on: 02/09/2015

IRC's Chief Executive Patrick Moriarty reflects on the highlights from the annual water conference in Stockholm.

More public funds for water and sanitation; ‘What would move the Finance Ministers hearts?’

Published on: 14/07/2015

The Conference Financing for Development (13 – 16 July 2015) will make a strong call on the importance of increased domestic public finance towards funding the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Financing universal access: the role of Water Financing Facilities

Published on: 21/06/2015

Traditionally we've looked to the three Ts to finance water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, with the focus on transfers and tariffs. But this leaves a large financing gap. One which, if we don't solve, will make us miss the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of universal access.

Bridging the financing gap with smart tax

Published on: 08/06/2015

We have to spend more and faster than we are doing now if we want everyone to have water and sanitation by 2030.

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