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Mobilising finance for WASH: getting the foundations right

This paper unpacks what is meant by the enabling environment for finance in WASH and presents real examples of how these bottlenecks are being...
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Pass notes financing 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

Participants at IRC-NWP WASH Debate on blended finance, 4 December 2018

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.

Blended finance for beginners : a simplified framework

This presentation provides a simplified definition and framework for blended finance, together with emerging themes and statistics for the water,...
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WASH Debate: Blended finance

IRC WASH Debate - Blended finance: Is it all in a mix?

Published on: 12/10/2018
A conversation on the potential and limitations of blended finance in improving equitable access to WASH services. Read the report .

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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.

Public finance and accountability with Carlene van der Westhuizen & Catarina Fonseca

Empowering civil society with transparency tools to aid in the fight against lagging WASH budgets.
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Holding governments accountable for gaps in WASH finance

Published on: 05/07/2018
Empowering civil society with transparency tools to aid in the fight against lagging WASH budgets.

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Public Finance for WASH: update

Published on: 04/06/2018
Public Finance for WASH has moved: we've changed our URL! We're now at www.publicfinanceforwash.org

Public finance for water infrastructure development and its practical challenges for small towns

Existing models used for financing water infrastructure development do not seem very applicable to the realities of small towns.
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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.

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“Grown up” finance for rural water? RWSN webinar

Published on: 14/11/2017
Finance is a crucial (and unavoidable) building block for ensuring sustainable rural water services. Therefore, the RWSN sustainable services group is organising webinars addressing costing and financing rural water supply which will take place next week on Tuesday 14 and Thursday 16 November. This...

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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

How can blended finance can close the financial gap needed to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6?
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WASH Talk podcast on blended finance

Published on: 19/10/2017
How can blended finance help in meeting the financing gap for reaching SDG 6?

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SWA Webinars: Financing the sanitation target of the Sustainable Development Goals [French and Spanish]

Published on: 19/10/2017
Several countries have identified sanitation as the most ambitious and challenging of the WASH-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target and these webinars (one in French and one in Spanish) will focus on building sustainable financing strategies to allow this goal to be met. IRC's Catarina...

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SWA Webinar: Financing the sanitation target of the Sustainable Development Goals [English]

Published on: 19/10/2017
Several countries have identified sanitation as the most ambitious and challenging of the WASH-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target and this webinar will focus on building sustainable financing strategies to allow this goal to be met. IRC's Catarina Fonseca is one of the presenters...

Water treatment plant, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Blended finance for water infrastructure: hope or hype?

Published on: 17/10/2017
More catalytic innovation is needed to have a transformative impact.

Ahmadou Abdoulaye Dicko, president of the Water Users Association of Gorgadji community (Burkina Faso), is collecting and noting

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.

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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.

Mapping public finance for WASH in Burkina Faso [finance brief]

Burkina Faso was unable to generate full funding for its previous national programme to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), falling...
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Advocating for sustainable WASH Finance: collecting evidence in India

Published on: 12/07/2017
Exploring budget allocations and expenditure by national, state and district authorities for Odisha State and Ganjam District in India.

Mapping public finance for rural drinking water and sanitation : Odisha State, Ganjam District (India)

This paper focuses on budget allocations and expenditures by national, state and district authorities for Odisha State and Ganjam District (India).
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Mapping public finance for WASH in Burkina Faso

This working paper reviews the institutional setup and financial flows for water supply and sanitation in the commune of Houndé, Burkina Faso.
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Increasing funds for water and sanitation without leaving the poorest behind

Published on: 20/04/2017
Ministers need to step up efforts to bridge the financing gap.

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