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New OECD book: Financing Water and Sanitation
A new book in the OECD Report Series looking at water and sanitation financing in both OECD and developing countries is due for publication on 31 October 2011. OECD (2011). Financing water and sanitation : challenges, approaches and tools. (OECD report series). London, UK, IWA Publishing. 115 p. (paperback). ISBN: 9781780400327 Price and ordering details [...]
Cambodia: ADB plans US$ 27 million loan for rural water and sanitation
As part of the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for 2011-2013 for Cambodia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning a US$ 27 million loan and a US$ 800,000 technical assistance grant for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation III project. Source: ADB Country Operations Business Plan : Cambodia 2011–2013. June 2011. Download full plan [...]
AfDB approves urban development strategy for African cities
In April 2011, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group launched its new Urban Development Strategy. The Strategy is anchored on three pillars: infrastructure delivery, governance and private sector development. The infrastructure development pillar emphasises delivery and expansion of basic infrastructure services, which includes water supply, sanitation, drainage and solid waste management services, and building capacity [...]
Microfinance: Cambridge University team wins global prize for innovative water financing solution
President Bill Clinton announced Cambridge University as the global winner of the 2nd Annual Hult Global Case Challenge, which focused on identifying solutions to the global water crisis. The Cambridge team was selected by a panel of judges from an international competition of 150 teams from around the world. Hult International Business School provided the [...]
Brisbane WASH Conference 2011 presentations on financial sustainability
Some 224 conference delegates from over 100 organisations in 40 countries came to Brisbane, Australia for the WASH Conference 2011. Below is a selection of the presentations on financial sustainability – powerpoints + audio files – given on 16-17 May. Most of the presentations were about Asia, the focus area of conference co-organiser/sponsor AusAid. There [...]
Microfinance for water and sanitation: lofty dream or wave of the future?
Katya Jenkins reviews “the latest craze in the creative use of microfinance” – the use of microcredit for the provision of clean water and sanitation – in Microfinance Focus. After examining a number of challenges facing microfinance for water and sanitation, she presents WaterCredit, an initiative of Water.org, as an example of a feasible model [...]
Water.org launches WaterCredit.org
The non-profit Water.org, co-founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, has launched WaterCredit.org, an online resource on microfinance in the water and sanitation sector. The new site provides information on the WaterCredit Initiative, which Water.org started in 2003 and now operates in India, Bangladesh, Kenya and Uganda. The web site has a list of links to [...]
Islamic Development Bank approves financing for four water projects
At its 275th meeting on 3 May 2011, the Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) approved financing for the following three water projects: US$ 121.17 million for the Balkan Velayat Water Supply Project in Turkmenistan US$ 11.92 million for the National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in the provinces of [...]
Latin American development bank CAF and PAHO sign water and sanitation agreement
CAF – Latin American development bank – and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) have agreed to expand their cooperation on access to water, sanitation and health in the region. The agreement, signed on April 1st, 2011, was an amendment to an earlier Framework Agreement on Technical Cooperation signed on January 3rd, 2011. CAF has [...]
India, Haryana: US$ 28 million approved to tackle drinking water problems in Mahendragarh district
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has approved a INR 1.27 billion (US$ 28 million) project to tackle the drinking water problem in Mahendragarh district of Haryana state. The project will supply water to 64 water-starved villages and 34 dhanies (clusters) at a rate of 60 litres per capita per day. A [...]
