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.
Safer water, better health : costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health [publication]
07 Jul 08
By depicting country-by-country estimates of the burden of disease due to water, sanitation and hygiene this new WHO report highlights how much disease could be prevented through increased access to safe water and better hygiene.It provides the epidemiological evidence and economic arguments for fully integrating water, sanitation and hygiene in countries’ disease reduction strategies — [...]
India, Himachal Pradesh: award to boost sanitation campaign
07 Jul 08
The cleanest gram panchayat (local government body) at the block, district, divisional and state levels in the north-western state of Himachal Pradesh (pop. 6 million) will be awarded cash prizes ranging from Rs 100,000 to Rs 1 million (US$ 2,300 to US$ 23,000) by the state government every year under the “Maharishi Valmiki Sampuran Swachhata [...]
Latrines Trounce Toilets: barriers to sanitation coverage
07 Jul 08
While Americans may consider flush-and-forget-it indoor plumbing to be the pinnacle of sanitary science, the lowly latrine could be a far better solution for many parts of the developing world, say researchers at Michigan Technological University.Associate Professor David Watkins, Professor James Mihelcic and PhD student Lauren Fry of the University’s Sustainable Futures Institute analyzed worldwide [...]
1% of the military spending will meet MDG sanitation goal
05 Jul 08
Using existing proven approaches and technologies and for about 10 billion US dollars a year which is less than 1 percent of global military expenditure, the world could meet the Millennium Development Goal sanitation target. That is to halve the number of people without sustainable access to basic sanitation by 2015.This remark was made by [...]
Impacts of a participatory approach to assess sustainable sewage treatment technologies for urban fringe of Surat city in India
04 Jul 08
Vashi, A. N. and Shah, N. C. (2008). Impacts of a participatory approach to assess sustainable sewage treatment technologies for urban fringe of Surat city in IndiaWater science & technology-WST ; vol. 57, no. 12 ; p. 1957-1962. doi:10.2166/wst.2008.331AbstractThis paper describes the assessment of the sustainability of a number of different sewage treatment technologies by [...]
Small-scale providers: success story highlights the need for cheap and accessible financing, Philippines
04 Jul 08
Elsa D. Mejia is General Manager of the Inpart Waterworks and Development Company (IWADCO), a family enterprise that started as a small construction company specializing in the production of water tanks for small towns and municipalities in and around Metro Manila, Philippines.During the 1990s, IWADCO (then known as Inpart Engineering) invested US$350,000 over a 5-year [...]
Water Financing and Governance [report]
02 Jul 08
Rees, J.A., Winpenny, J. and Hall, A.W (2008). Water financing and governance. (TEC background papers ; no. 12). Stockholm, Sweden, Global Water Partnership. 56 p.ISBN: 978-91-58321-70-4Download hereTraditionally, within the water sector, financing issues have not had a high profile and are mostly related to supply side investments. This is no longer sufficient as population growth, [...]
China equity fund to invest $300 mln in Africa
01 Jul 08
The China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund), launched in June 2007, plans to spend about $300 million on projects in Africa in 2008. The private equity fund was set up with an initial US$ 1 billion provided by the China Development Bank and plans to eventually grow to $5 billion.CADFund’s priorities are in agriculture and manufacturing industries, [...]
Annual Global Development Awards and Medals Competition - 2008
01 Jul 08
The Global Development Network is now accepting submissions for its annual competition for development research proposals/papers and development projects.The finalists win cash prizes and a round-trip air fare with all boarding and lodging expenses paid to travel to a different country where the finalists present their proposals/papers and showcase an interesting project on any development [...]
Call for applicants for the Japan Water Forum Fund 2008
01 Jul 08
The Japan Water Forum invites grass-roots organizations in developing countries to apply for the Japan Water Forum Fund 2008.This Fund was created for awarding grants to grass-roots organizations in developing countries involved in water-related activities. Up to US$ 1,000 per activity or project will be provided. However, receiving a grant is limited to once a [...]
