WASH Finance blog
This blog addresses issues related to financing strategies and mechanisms for water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in rural and urban areas with a focus on the poorest and sustainability. It includes news collected by the editor of E-Source and contributions from IRC innovation programme staff working on the Financing and Cost Recovery theme and the WASHCost Project.
Financing sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa [publication]
27 Nov 12
This guide provides highly practical decision-making tools for identifying the type of financing mechanisms to be implemented for on-site sanitation and small-piped sewerage systems. The authors caution that the costs provided in the publication are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the wide variety of situations and practices encountered in the different countries in [...]
Financing sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa [publication]
27 Nov 12
This guide provides highly practical decision-making tools for identifying the type of financing mechanisms to be implemented for on-site sanitation and small-piped sewerage systems. The authors caution that the costs provided in the publication are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the wide variety of situations and practices encountered in the different countries in [...]
Sustaining sanitation services costs 5-20 times more than building a latrine
26 Oct 12
Reblogged from Sanitation Updates: Sustaining sanitation is much more expensive than building latrines. The 20-year cost of sustaining a basic level sanitation service per person in certain countries is anywhere from 5-20 times the cost per person of building the latrine in the first place. This is one of the key findings on costing sustainable sanitation [...]
Sustaining sanitation services costs 5-20 times more than building a latrine
26 Oct 12
Reblogged from Sanitation Updates: Sustaining sanitation is much more expensive than building latrines. The 20-year cost of sustaining a basic level sanitation service per person in certain countries is anywhere from 5-20 times the cost per person of building the latrine in the first place. This is one of the key findings on costing sustainable sanitation [...]
External funding for WASH in Schools does not necessarily undermine national & local commitment
17 Oct 12
Reblogged from Sanitation Updates: A narrow majority of participants in an e-debate did not think that external funding for WASH in Schools undermines national and local commitment. From 1 – 12 October 2012, 15 participants discussed the issue of external funding in the second of three e-debates inspired by questions asked during the implementation of [...]
External funding for WASH in Schools does not necessarily undermine national & local commitment
17 Oct 12
Reblogged from Sanitation Updates: A narrow majority of participants in an e-debate did not think that external funding for WASH in Schools undermines national and local commitment. From 1 – 12 October 2012, 15 participants discussed the issue of external funding in the second of three e-debates inspired by questions asked during the implementation of [...]
Sanitation surcharges collected through water bills: a way forward for financing pro-poor sanitation?
17 Oct 12
Reblogged from Sanitation Updates: Market-driven models for sanitation in low-income areas are of unquestionable importance, but there is broad consensus that the market needs to be supported by some sort of public revenue stream. One approach to revenue generation is to include a sanitation surcharge within water bills. This Discussion Paper is a situation review [...]
Sanitation surcharges collected through water bills: a way forward for financing pro-poor sanitation?
17 Oct 12
Reblogged from Sanitation Updates: Market-driven models for sanitation in low-income areas are of unquestionable importance, but there is broad consensus that the market needs to be supported by some sort of public revenue stream. One approach to revenue generation is to include a sanitation surcharge within water bills. This Discussion Paper is a situation review [...]
WASH by numbers: the latest on cost benchmarks, economic returns and handwashing
16 Oct 12
Reblogged from WASH News International: One of the most quoted WASH statistics was recently “downgraded”. For every $1 invested in water and sanitation, not $8 but “only” $4 is returned in economic returns through increased productivity. This recalculation [1], says the World Health Organization, is mainly a result of higher investment cost estimates and the [...]
WASH by numbers: the latest on cost benchmarks, economic returns and handwashing
16 Oct 12
Reblogged from WASH News International: One of the most quoted WASH statistics was recently “downgraded”. For every $1 invested in water and sanitation, not $8 but “only” $4 is returned in economic returns through increased productivity. This recalculation [1], says the World Health Organization, is mainly a result of higher investment cost estimates and the [...]
