WASHCost Mozambique is saying farewell to their partners in the country, but leaving behind a treasure chest of resources. In a document highlighting ten key findings from the project, Andre Uandela says: “The project has come to a close, but the ideas and approaches have been introduced into the... Read more...
UNICEF together with the partners (including WASHCost) and the government has undertaken budget analyses of the water and sanitation sector. It shows that the weight of the water and sanitation sector is only 2.2%. Furthermore, it reveals that 80% of the budget comes from aid. The document raises... Read more...
The new budget brief by FDC and UNICEF analyses budget allocations for water and sanitation in Mozambique. The report identifies the disproportion between capital expenditure and running costs, as well as how external capital expenditure is used for covering running costs. Read more...
Traditional chiefs appealed to the Accra Municipal Assembly (AMA) that central funding to the WASH sector is not reaching their districts. This results in a disastrous situation that affects all irrespective of who you are. This was said during a budget tracking exercise organized by the NGO... Read more...
The Bangladesh government has reduced its allocation for water and sanitation by around 10 billion taka (US$ 121 million) in the proposed 2012-13 budget. Read more...
The Dutch WASH Alliance (DWA) works towards a society in which everybody has access to sustainable water and sanitation. DWA acknowledges that sustainable WASH has at least five dimensions: financial, institutional, environmental, technical and a social (FIETS) dimension, which are adopted in DWA... Read more...
In spite of the Government's pledge to commit 0.5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to sanitation, the 2011 budget made provision for 0.1%, said CONIWAS Executive Secretary Benjamin Arthur. The government was also not fulfilling its promise to commit 200 million dollars every year towards water... Read more...
In spite of the Government's pledge to commit 0.5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to sanitation, the 2011 budget made provision for only 0.1%, said Executive Secretary of the Coalition of NGOs in water and sanitation ( CONIWAS ), Mr Benjamin Arthur. Ghana is one of the signatories of the 2008... Read more...
