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Area-wide Sanitation Desk Review Briefing Note
Brief
The last few decades have witnessed substantial gains in access to sanitation, as nearly 2.4 billion people gained access to improved toilets and open defecation (OD) rates fell 12 percentage-points globally (from 21% to 9%) between 2000 and 2020.
Area-wide Sanitation Desk Review
Literature Review
The last few decades have witnessed substantial gains in access to sanitation, as nearly 2.4 billion people gained access to improved toilets and open defecation (OD) rates fell 12 percentage-points globally (from 21% to 9%) between 2000 and 2020.
USAID's WASH-FIN Zambia Country Brief
Brief
USAID’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Finance (WASH-FIN) program in Zambia provided strategic support to select Commercial Water Utilities (CUs) and the Ministry of Water Development and Sanitat
Accessing Commercial Finance for Water and Sanitation Service Providers in Kenya, Cambodia, and Senegal
Case Studies
This paper presents three case studies from the USAID Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Finance (WASH-FIN) Program, which illustrate different approaches to leveraging commercial finance in the water
Expanding Solar Power in the East Africa WASH Sector
Blog
Participants included representatives from water and sanitation utilities, government, finance institutions, private sector solar providers and development partners.
Tracking Water and Sanitation Financing in Kenya and Mozambique: Building Evidence for Increased Investments to the Sector (August 2022)
Technical Brief
This Technical Brief shares the USAID Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Finance (WASH-FIN) program’s experience supporting WASH expenditure tracking in Kenya and Mozambique using the TrackFin (Track
Tracking WASH Financing in Kenya - Round III
Technical Brief
Kenya adopted the TrackFin methodology of monitoring funding for the WASH sector in 2014.
Tracking WASH Financing in Kenya: Round I & II
Technical Brief
This report presents findings from the WASH Accounts in Kenya for financial years 2014/15, 2015/2016, and 2016/17 as well as the main players involved in financing WASH services. The WASH Accounts aim to track all financing for WASH sector b
Capacity assessment, a key step in the process of improving the organizational performance of municipalities
Case Studies
The USAID-funded Municipal Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project in West Africa MuniWASH) Activity is providing technical support to
Côte d’Ivoire: Quantified assessment of sanitation needs in the target municipalities of the MuniWASH Activity in Côte d’Ivoire for efficient planning of interventions
Case Studies
On June 30, 2020, USAID’s West Africa Municipal Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (MuniWASH) Activity completed a needs assessment to q