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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 […]
Experts call for hike in global water price
World Bank and OECD say water is a finite resource that must be valued at a higher price in order to repair old supply systems and build new ones. Major economies are pushing for substantial increases in the price of water around the world as concern mounts about dwindling supplies and rising population. With official […]
Aid for sanitation and water going down from 8 to 5 percent of development spending
Aid commitments for sanitation and water fell from 8% of total development aid to 5% between 1997 and 2008, lower than commitments for health, education, transport, energy and agriculture, according to the latest UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report, launched by UN-Water and the World Health Organization (WHO). This drop occurred […]
OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) welcomes Korean membership
On 25 November 2009, the DAC welcomed South Korea as its newest member. Korea joined the OECD in 1996 and a decade later began motions to join the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee. A team of experts from the DAC Secretariat visited Korea in June 2009 to verify that its aid programme meets DAC standards. They […]
India gets biggest share of aid for water and hygiene
Despite New Delhi’s self-reliant public stance, India receives almost twice as much development assistance for water and sanitation as any other country, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). A report to be officially published [in May 2009] says India accounts for 13 per cent of all water aid, while […]
Managing water for all : an OECD perspective on pricing and financing
Managing water for all : an OECD perspective on pricing and financing. OECD Publishing Mar 2009 Language: English Pages: 148 ISBN: 9789264050334 OECD Code: 972009021P1 Version: Print (Paperback) + Free PDF Price: €24 | $32 | £20 | ¥3000 | Order online here Version: E-book (PDF Format) Price: €16 | $22 | £14 | ¥2100 […]
The Poor Must Not Pay for the Crisis
Renewed ODA commitments by the aid community -in line with the OECD’s call for an aid pledge-, greater regulatory independence in the governance of the international financial system, and higher quotas for emerging economies in regional development banks: these are some of the proposals that came to light at the OECD Global Forum on Development on the implications […]
OECD countries reaffirm commitments to open trade and aid
OECD countries [...] have reaffirmed their commitments on aid to developing countries. On November 24, 2008, at a meeting of the OECD’s Executive Committee in Special Session [...] DAC donors responded positively to a call from OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and DAC Chair Eckhard Deutscher for adherence to an Aid Pledge designed to maintain development […]
OECD Meeting Reviews Horizontal Water Programme on Sustainable Financing
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) convened a meeting on Financing and Pricing Water in the context of the recent Global Forum on Sustainable Development (1-2 December 2008) to look at the roles of government, the private sector and civil society in managing this key resource for human and economic development. Participants in […]
