IRC WASH Debate - Blended finance: Is it all in a mix?
Published on: 12/10/2018
Around the world, substantial financing gaps to ensure universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services still exist. How big of a role will blended finance have in bridging them? Blended finance is defined by the OECD as "the strategic use of development finance for the...
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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...
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?
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?
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...
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...
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.
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...
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).
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.
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.
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.
Financing WASH systems
Podcast featuring Bill Kingdom and Fred Muhumuza who discuss the challenges around financing water and sanitation services, cost and finance...
Financing WASH : how to increase funds for the sector while reducing inequalities : position paper for the Sanitation and Water for All Finance Ministers Meeting
Ministers of Finance should increase funding for the enabling environment, make more use of micro and blended finance, and address the inequities in...
Phase out strategies in the WASH sector
Published on: 04/04/2017
Max Foundation and IRC invite you to discuss sustainability and domestic resource mobilisation when aid ends.