Blended finance at World Water Week 2018

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Costs

Uncovering and understanding the real costs of water, sanitation and hygiene services

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Public finance

Public finance is essential to achieve universal access to sustainable water and sanitation services

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Tracking finance

Tracking finance is needed to inform policies and decision-making and to target investments in water and sanitation

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News and information

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Holding governments accountable for gaps in WASH finance

Empowering civil society with transparency tools to aid in the fight against lagging WASH budgets.

Ethiopia

Public Finance for WASH: update

Public Finance for WASH has moved: we've changed our URL! We're now at www.publicfinanceforwash.org

WASH Talk podcast on attracting commercial finance to the water sector

How do you finance water utilities when traditional sources of capital dry up?

Africa

Costing Sustainable Services online course 2018 open for registration

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Blogs

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Blended finance beyond the hype

This Conference Perspective was co-authored by Patrick Moriarty for the OECD – GIZ Conference: Closing the gap for water in line with SDG ambitions:...

Water.org uses grant funds to mobilise micro-finance institutions with their Water Credit programme

By Catarina Fonseca

Published on: 10/10/2018

transparency and accountability

Financing the sector in challenging countries

Fixing the leaks to attract commercial investment for sustainable urban water services in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.

By Rolfe Eberhard

Published on: 28/09/2018

Resources

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

2018

Empowering civil society with transparency tools...

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

2018

Existing models used for financing water...

Finance for water utilities

2018

This podcast discusses how to finance water...

A checklist for effective adoption and implementation of the pay-as-you-fetch model.

2017

Financing for improved sanitation : case study from SNNPR, Ethiopia

2017

Lessons learned and a framework for understanding...

Innovative financing for capital maintenance expenditure in small towns water systems in three...

2017

Innovative mechanisms for the financing of...

Videos

The Future of Village Water Supply: What is the Role of Community Management in the Transition?

On the 3rd of March 2016, a seminar was held at the Australian High Commission in London to present the main findings from the Community Water Plus project on support to community-managed rural water supplies in India. This video contains these presentations.

Water Financing Facilities [animation]

The standard approach of financing is not sufficient and not appropriate for long term financing needs of water companies. Water Financing Facilities are a potential mechanism to mobilise additional finance for the sector. They pull utilities and their projects together reducing risk and therefore creating the possibility for longer term loans at considerably lower interest rates.