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.
Atlas Copco doubles contribution to Water for All
13 Jan 11
The Swedish-based company Atlas Copco will increase its contribution to Water for All for small-scale drinking water projects. Staring in 2011, the Atlas Copco Group will give two times the sum of the voluntary employee donations. Up till now, around …Continue reading →
Mexico: IDB loans US$ 600 million to improve water, sanitation and hygiene in rural communities and schools
12 Jan 11
Two Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loans will help bring drinking water to 630,000 people, upgrade water and sanitation facilities in 20,000 schools, and reduce water-borne illnesses among 1.3 million students. The first loan, for US$ 350 million, will finance the …Continue reading →
Sri Lanka: US$ 164 million project to address water, sanitation issues in conflict-affected areas
12 Jan 11
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Sri Lankan government are jointly financing a US$ 164 million project to restore water supply and sanitation infrastructure to the conflict-affected Northern Province. The ADB has approved …Continue reading →
African Union research grant: open call includes €1.75 million for water and sanitation
05 Jan 11
Water and Sanitation in Africa is one of the three thematic priorities in the African Union Commission’s open call for research grants. The application deadline is 30 April 2011. A total of €1.75 million is available for a maximum of three …Continue reading →
India: inadequate sanitation costs the equivalent of 6.4 percent of GDP
21 Dec 10
Inadequate sanitation costs India US$ 53.8 billion, which is equivalent to 6.4 percent of India’s GDP in 2006, according to a new report [1] from the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). The study analyzed the evidence on the adverse economic …Continue reading →
Sri Lanka: Nestlé Lanka drinking water projects now serve 12,000 people
15 Dec 10
Nestlé Lanka has opened its 11th water fountain at Kuliyapitiya Central College in the island’s North Western Province. The fountain provides drinking water to more than 2500 students. This brings the total number of children and adults that have benefited …Continue reading →
Climate change: water supply in developing countries will be hit hardest
10 Dec 10
Adapting raw industrial and domestic water supply to climate change could cost US$ 12 billion per year, with up to 90% of this needed in developing countries, according to new research [1]. A research team from the Netherlands, US and …Continue reading →
Yemen: Japanese funding for small-scale rural water projects
09 Dec 10
In 2010, the Japanese government has funded several small-scale water projects in Yemen though its “Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects” scheme. These projects include: construction of a water supply system in an arid area in Al-Mouza’ District, serving …Continue reading →
WASHCost reveals the high cost of low quality services
30 Nov 10
It costs a lot of money to provide low quality water and sanitation services – and more expensive technology alone will not solve the problem, Catarina Fonseca, Director of the WASHCost project, has told an audience of economists, WASH specialists …Continue reading →
World Sanitation Financing Facility seeking partners
30 Nov 10
With the launch of its web site – www.sanitationfinance.org -and social media channels, the World Sanitation Financing Facility (WSSF) hopes to attract more technical and financial consortium partners. Formally established in 2009, the WSSF seeks to “increase people’s access to …Continue reading →
