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India: government funds for sanitation inadequate, private sector should pool in
A model where public funds provide the back-end and private funds provide the front-end can fill the gap in sanitation financing in India, writes Anupam Tyagi from the International Management Institute in the Economic Times of February 9th, 2012. According to a recent report by Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), the lack of adequate sanitation […]
Meeting the challenge of financing water and sanitation : tools and approaches
OECD (2011). Meeting the challenge of financing water and sanitation : tools and approaches. (OECD studies on water). Paris, France, OECD Publishing. 142 p. : 13 fig., 5 tab. ISBN : 9789264120525 (PDF) ; 9789264120518 (print) doi: 10.1787/9789264120525-en Order online / Look inside (free online preview) Price: €25 | $35 | £22 | ¥3200 | […]
Bangladesh: govt sanitation subsidy scheme ineffective, experts say
The government’s subsidy policy for sanitation needs to be more effective and more money should be allocated if Bangladesh is to meet is target of sanitation for all’ by 2013, experts say. This is the conclusion of a study conducted among 21,121 households by the Human Development Research Centre (HDRC) with the support of WaterAid, […]
India: US$ 2 billion unused aid for water and sanitation
India is sitting on 89.95 billion rupees (US$ 2 billion) of unused foreign aid for water supply and sanitation, according to a report by government auditor Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG). As of 31 March 2010, unutilised committed external assistance for 16 sectors, including water and sanitation, amounted to 1,053 billion rupees (US$ 23.7 billion). […]
World Bank and US Government sign water MoU, Conrad Hilton Foundation and Coca Cola pledge US$ 56 million for WASH
To mark World Water Day, 22 March 2011, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an agreement making it easier for the U.S. Government and World Bank to work together to address global water challenges. While the Bank and the U.S. have partnered before on water issues, this […]
Sri Lanka: US$ 164 million project to address water, sanitation issues in conflict-affected areas
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 US$ 90 million in loans and technical assistance, AFD is expected to provide US$ 40 […]
India, Punjab: opposition Congress party promises subsidised water for the poor
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 to these sections after coming into power in the next Assembly elections. [A party statement] […]
Capacity development grants: EU Water Facility has €40 million for water partnership projects
In 2010 the EU earmarked €40 million of the ACP-EU Water Facility to support water partnership projects. These are not-for-profit partnerships intended to: “develop capacity in the ACP water & sanitation sector, leading to better water and sanitation governance and management, and to the sustainable development and maintenance of infrastructure”. The European Commission is awarding […]
Philippines: lawmaker wants bottled water classified as ‘basic necessity’
An administration lawmaker pushed [on 13 August 2010] for the inclusion of bottled drinking water in the list of “basic necessities” under The Price Act, to protect the public against hoarding and profiteering during severe shortages, calamities and similar emergencies. “Due to harsh climate change, the lack of essential water resources in general and safe […]
Global water resource protection services worth nearly US$ 10 billion says report
Rewarding people to protect water resources could help avert a looming global water quality crisis, says a new report. It documents 288 programmes yielding an estimated US$ 9.3 billion in transactions. Calling the water crisis a threat to humanity that exceeds global warming, the authors of the study said that a number of regions of […]
