Achieving and sustaining equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation services remain key challenges in many urban areas of low- and middle-income countries.
- Technical Report
- BriefGlobally, 2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and half of the world’s population is projected to live in water-stressed areas by 2050.
- BriefThe 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.
- Literature ReviewThe 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.
- BriefUSAID’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
- Case StudiesThis 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
- BlogParticipants included representatives from water and sanitation utilities, government, finance institutions, private sector solar providers and development partners.
- Technical BriefThis 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
- Technical BriefKenya adopted the TrackFin methodology of monitoring funding for the WASH sector in 2014.
- Technical BriefThis 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