The dialogue "Scaling up financing for water, sanitation, hygiene, environment and climate change to achieve 2030 agenda" held 30 August 2023 is the fourth in the series co-organised under the tripartite collaboration between Water Resources Institute - Ministry of Water and Environment, IRCWASH... Read more...
The lack of success of blended finance, including the challenges of loan repayments and fiscal space. Read more...
This learning note summarises the findings of USAID Transform WASH's activities to pilot smart and targeted sanitation subsidies in line with... Read more...
This learning note describes and analyses the four business models elaborated by USAID Transform WASH, which have been applied over the last six... Read more...
The majority of climate finance is provided as loans, which are not suitable for water and sanitation services as the full costs are hard to recover... Read more...
The leveraging experience has opened new windows of opportunity for better collaboration and partnerships between NGOs and government, and may... Read more...
USAID Transform WASH teams up with Government of Ethiopia partners to visit Wore Illu Woreda. Read more...
A summary of a study undertaken of the financing approaches used under the USAID Transform WASH programme in Ethiopia, which was conducted to better... Read more...
An analysis of government or private interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve... Read more...
Report of a WASH Debate on climate adaptation. Read more...
The policy document shows how the government is responding to international challenges and opportunities in the interests of the Netherlands. Read more...
De-risking investments by building capacities and subsidising interest. Report of an IRC-NWP WASH Debate. Read more...
This presentation discusses the preliminary findings from a micro-finance project aimed to boost water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for... Read more...
This presentation provides a simplified definition and framework for blended finance, together with emerging themes and statistics for the water,... Read more...
Private money can only be attracted where government leads and strong systems exist. Read more...
This note presents contract modalities introduced to improve urban water supply and sewerage services in India and Bangladesh with support from the... Read more...
Lessons learned and a framework for understanding public-private collaboration in consumer sanitation markets. Read more...
Accessibility, affordability, and availability of technology options are crucial for the survival of safe water businesses, says Fanny Boulloud of the Swiss Antenna Foundation. As a partner in the 'Safe Water Phase 2' programme, IRC spoke to Boulloud about business viability at a stakeholder... Read more...