Rural WASH
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 […]
East Africa: Germany and Japan harmonising efforts in water and sanitation
GIZ and JICA have signed an agreement to collaborate in water and sanitation in Zambia, Uganda and Kenya. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have agreed to plan, implement and evaluate their projects collectively in future. There are plans to extend the cooperation to other countries […]
Mexico: IDB loans US$ 600 million to improve water, sanitation and hygiene in rural communities and schools
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 Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Basic Education Program, that combines improvements in the physical infrastructure […]
WASHCost reveals the high cost of low quality services
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 and researchers. Research in four countries has found that switching from boreholes with handpumps to […]
Bangladesh: Denmark and Australia sign MoU with Hygiene, Sanitation and Water (HYSAWA) Fund
Denmark and Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 24 August 2010 for joint collaboration and support to the Hygiene, Sanitation and Water (HYSAWA) Fund. The HYSAWA Fund provides direct financial and technical support to local authorities in Bangladesh for improved hygiene promotion, water supply and sanitation. The Government of Bangladesh, Denmark 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). […]
Viet Nam: VND54 trillion for rural water supply programme
More than VND54 trillion [US$ 2.77 billion] will be allocated for the national target programme on rural water supply and environmental sanitation from 2011 to 2015 to improve locals’ living conditions, according to the Standing Office of the National Target Programme for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation. Of the total, VND21.8 trillion [US$ 1.12 billion] […]
Paraguay: IDB, Spanish govt approve US$ 52 million for rural water programme
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Spanish government’s cooperation fund for water and sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean (FCAS) will contribute US$52mn to a program to provide potable water and sanitation services to rural and indigenous communities in Paraguay. Paraguayan finance minister Dionisio Borda and IDB president Luis Alberto Moreno signed the […]
Peru: govt to approve US$90mn water, sanitation project in Feb 2009
A US$90mn project backed by the Spanish government to improve water and sanitation in Peru’s rural areas is scheduled to be approved in February 2010, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) spokesperson said. The Spanish government will donate US$72mn, which will be administered by IDB as part of the two entities’ partnership to tackle water and […]
India, Orissa: Bonita Trust funds water and sanitation facilities for 1,500 rural families
With financial support from The Bonita Trust, based in Gibraltar, Gram Vikas has recently launched a water and sanitation project in 20 rural habitations in the state of Orissa. MANTRA – Movement and Action Network for the Transformation of Rural Areas project aims to provide a toilet and bathing room with piped water supply to […]
