WASH News Finance
This blog contains news related to the financing of water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in developing countries, collected by Cor Dietvorst, the editor of Source Weekly published by IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre.
Vacancy: Water Specialist/Senior Water Specialist, IFC, USA [deadline 08 October]
01 Oct 10
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is seeking a Water Specialist with strong strategic, program management, and technical expertise to help scale-up its impact on water markets to promote effective water use and expand access to safe water and sanitation services. …Continue reading →
India, Tamil Nadu: micro-credit helps women’s self-help groups build toilets
30 Sep 10
An Indian NGO that provides housing and toilets for women’s groups was a finalist in the 2010 World Habitat Awards. Established in 1979, the Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP) mobilises poor women to form self-help saving groups (SHG). Some 6,700 …Continue reading →
Uganda: Museveni warns against toilet fees
29 Sep 10
President Yoweri Museveni has described the practice of overcharging by operators of public toilet and markets as “parasitism”. “Instead of developing common facilities in markets, business people make huge money out of people defecating. For somebody to use a toilet …Continue reading →
Assessing sanitation service levels – new WASHCost project working paper
19 Sep 10
Conventional sanitation ladders rank sanitation in increasing complexity of technological options. However, sanitation improvement is not as straightforward as the concept of “a ladder” with incremental improvements from op full flush, might suggest. For example, from the user perspective, a …Continue reading →
ITT pledges US$ 10.5 million for safe water and sanitation
11 Sep 10
ITT Corporation announced that it has pledged US$ 10.5 million over three years (2011-2013) to provide one million more people with access to safe water and sanitation. The funds will go to the company’s corporate citizenship program, ITT Watermark, which …Continue reading →
IPS Corporation becomes global sponsor of Water For People
07 Sep 10
IPS Corporation (IPS Corp.) has announced a global sponsorship and commitment of US$ 100,000 to Water For People. The gift will provide essential support for Water For People’s programs across 11 developing countries. IPS Corp. manufactures products for the plumbing, …Continue reading →
Kenya, Kisumu: water firm introduces pre-paid meters
01 Sep 10
To improve on revenue collection and access to water, Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company (Kiwasco) has introduced a pre-paid water metering system. The pilot project scheduled to run for the next six months in Nyalenda, beginning this month, is being …Continue reading →
India, Punjab: opposition Congress party promises subsidised water for the poor
01 Sep 10
Coming down heavily on the Punjab [state] government for the sale of clean potable drinking water to the poor in the cotton belt of Malwa affected by incidents of cancer, the Punjab Congress [...] promised to supply subsidised drinking water …Continue reading →
Nepal, Pokhara: collateral-free loans for water connection
01 Sep 10
A bank in Pokhara is said to be the first in Nepal to provide collateral-free loans to people to get a piped water supply connection. All the bank requires is consent from the neighbours. Kamana Development Bank is providing loans …Continue reading →
Humanitarian aid: 30-fold increase in spending on water and sanitation over last decadews from 15
31 Aug 10
Spending on water and sanitation (watsan) in humanitarian aid has increased from US$ 15 million in 2000 to US$ 454 million in 2009. There has been a shift in the major donors for humanitarian watsan over the last decade as …Continue reading →
