Economics
HSBC launches US$ 100 million water partnership with WaterAid, WWF and Earthwatch
British multinational bank HSBC has launched a new US$ 100 million, five year partnership with WaterAid, WWF and the Earthwatch Institute. The HSBC Water Programme will bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people; tackle water risks in river basins; and raise awareness about the global water challenge. The programme is backed-up […]
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 | […]
Making urban excreta and wastewater management contribute to cities’ economic development [journal article]
Koné, D. (2010). Making urban excreta and wastewater management contribute to cities’ economic development: a paradigm shift. Water policy ; vol. 12, no. 4 ; p. 602–610. doi:10.2166/wp.2010.122 Abstract Cities, as engines of economic growth and social development, require large quantities of natural resources to meet their inhabitants’ economic and social needs. Good infrastructure and […]
Economic impact assessment: evaluation of water and sanitation programmes in India
Researchers have used an improved evaluation method to better calculate economic benefits of a rural water supply and sanitation programme in India. This was achieved by getting comprehensive pre-intervention baseline data from treatment and control villages, and including the costs of medical bills, lost income and and water treatment. Pattanayak, S.K … [et al] (2010). […]
High Level Meeting of Sanitation and Water for All targets finance ministers
The first High Level Meeting of the Sanitation and Water for All global partnership is targeting Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Development Cooperation. They are considered to have the most influence when it comes to securing the investments needed for “Getting on-track for the sanitation and water MDG targets”, the focus for the meeting […]
Aguanomics: Dr. David Zetland’s blog on the economics of water (and some other stuff)
David Zetland has a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Davis, USA (2008) and is now a S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellow in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy at UC Berkeley. He has been blogging daily on water, economics and politics at aguanomics.com since 2007. While most posts deal with water issues in […]
Is low coverage of modern infrastructure services in African cities due to lack of demand or lack of supply?
Wodon, Q. … [et al.] (2009). Is low coverage of modern infrastructure services in African cities due to lack of demand or lack of supply? (Policy research working paper ; 4881). Washington, DC, USA, World Bank. 22 p. Download here A majority of sub-Saharan Africas population is not connected to electricity and piped water networks, […]
Colombia: anti-crisis plan includes US$2bn for potable water initiatives, Uribe
Colombia will spend US$2bn on potable water initiatives as part of the country’s anti-crisis investment plan, President Álvaro Uribe told BNamericas. The investment will cover potable water treatment, expansion, improvement and maintenance initiatives. Works will generate jobs, combating the effects of the global financial crisis, and improve quality of life for Colombians, Uribe said. [T]he […]
Costs and economics of sustainable sanitation (SuSanA fact sheet)
The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) has published a draft 8-page fact sheet for review by its members on Cost and Economics. The fact sheet introduces the concepts of costs and economics, presents simple analytical tools for comparing sanitation interventions, and illustrates these concepts and tools using evidence from previous economic studies. The fact sheet serves as a background […]
The Muslim World and the Global Financial Crisis
“The great convergence of interest would come if the Islamic Banking Institutions (IFIs) would grasp the opportunity presented by the current financial crisis to greatly expand joint investments with governments and other financing sources, including multilaterals and bilateral aid funds, to finance the power stations and water and sanitation projects which the Muslim world lacks. […]
