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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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Advocating for sustainable WASH Finance: collecting evidence in India

Exploring budget allocations and expenditure by national, state and district authorities for Odisha...

India

Junior Engineer in charge of village water supplies in SAS Nagar District, Punjab. Photo: Stef Smits/IRC

Not every village is lucky enough to have a Mr Singh

New book reveals how India made community water management work even without charismatic leaders.

India

IRC Vacancy: Programme Officer

IRC is looking for a Programme Officer Finance & Sanitation who is fluent in English and French.

WASH Talk podcast on asset management

Asset management is critical for all WASH systems as 30% of the infrastructure is often not working.

Uganda

Blogs

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Behind the clouds, WASH expenditure data are shining

Marcala municipality in Honduras is spending a decent amount on WASH, though not yet enough.

Latin America

By Stef Smits

Published on: 26/06/2017

Can more integrity and accountability help in bridging the financing gap?

Regular audits, tight monitoring, stakeholder participation and tactful engagement with politicians can lead to more integrity.

Africa

By Catarina Fonseca

Published on: 20/06/2017

Resources

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Mapping public finance for rural drinking water and sanitation : Odisha State, Ganjam District ...

2017

This paper focuses on budget allocations and...

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.