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.
ThinkTank Initiative: First Call for Expressions of Interest for East and West Africa
29 Jun 08
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) invites applications for the ThinkTank Initiative from independent organisations from East and West Africa that are committed to using research to inform and influence social and economic policy. The Initiative will provide multi-year funding to promising think tanks, and will work with successful applicants to improve their organizational performance.The [...]
ADB President Outlines Water Agenda for Asia-Pacific Region
29 Jun 08
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda unveiled a seven-point agenda to prioritize water investments in the Asia-Pacific region in a speech held at the World Cities Summit in Singapore. Kuroda said that the ADB aims to help countries in the region boost new water investments to $20 billion to improve water security.“In our recently [...]
Raising Revenues: Quick Solutions for Better Services
29 Jun 08
Tell consumers that increasing water tariffs is in their best interest and you’ll get scorn and skepticism. But the truth is low tariffs leave utilities with revenues too meager to cover their operation costs, resulting in leaky pipes, low water pressure, poor water quality, and intermittent supply. Consumers are reluctant to pay for such service, [...]
EnterpriseWorks/VITA Receives Gates Foundation Grant to Develop Low-Cost Domestic Rainwater Harvesting System
29 Jun 08
EnterpriseWorks/Vita (EWV) has received a five-year grant from the Global Development Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to analyse domestic rainwater harvesting systems throughout the world, conduct research to reduce the costs of water storage units, and develop and test a market-based approach for the introduction of domestic rainwater harvesting systems to provide [...]
Tender for knowledge-sharing on sustainable sanitation and waste management
27 Jun 08
On behalf of the Programme Board of the Integrated Support for a Sustainable Urban Environment (ISSUE) programme, WASTE advisers on urban environment and development, Gouda, the Netherlands puts out an open tender.This is an invitation for a bid for the provision and distribution of ‘knowledge’ for the implementing partners of the ISSUE programme for a [...]
Global Sanitation Fund Takes First Steps Forward
24 Jun 08
Launched on 14 March 2008 by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), shortly after confirmations of contributions from donors totaling more than $50 million, the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) is taking its first concrete steps in Nepal, Madagascar and Uganda. Scoping work is under way in the above countries, discussions with the governments [...]
WaterAid aims to double income from direct marketing
21 Jun 08
UK charity WaterAid has appointed Whitewater as its new direct marketing agency as it embarks on an ambitious growth strategy to double income from direct marketing over the next seven years [WaterAid News blog, 19 June 2008].In 2006/2007 WaterAid’s income rose by 15% to GBP 31 million, of which GBP 16.9 million came from donations [...]
ADB watsan consultancy opportunties for TA projects in Sri Lanka, Viet Nam and the Mekong
20 Jun 08
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has three consultancy opportunities for technical assistance in the water water supply, sanitation & waste management sector:Sri Lanka - AOTA:SRI 41679-01Institutional Strengthening for Decentralized Service Delivery in the Water Sector4 international experts required for a total of 14.5 person months9 national experts required for a total of 62 person-monthsBudget: US$ [...]
Investing in infrastructure: preliminary evaluation of DFID’s achievements
17 Jun 08
To help stimulate greater investment in infrastructure, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), in conjunction with other bilateral and multilateral agencies, created a series of Private Sector Infrastructure Investment Facilities. These were designed to overcome specific market failures and encourage the private sector to put money into improving infrastructure and service delivery.Between 1999 and [...]
Micro-Credit : myth manufactured [book]
17 Jun 08
Micro-Credit : myth manufactured : unveiling appropriation of surplus value and an IconEdited by Farooque ChowdhuryOctober 2007Publisher: Robin Ahsan, Shrabon Prokashani“Here is a collection of essays that are a dissent on the generally accepted ideas about micro credit. Some of them may even be described as harsh criticisms of the grameen concept and its basic [...]
