Financing helps increase access to safe water and sanitation for people living in poverty. Here's the evidence.

Our evidence, research and data supports the use of financing to achieve universal access to safe water and sanitation. We are committed to sharing what we’ve learned, so we can all see a day where everyone, everywhere has access to safe water and a toilet.

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Document Type: Learning brief

Countries: Cambodia

Date: Nov. 13, 2024

The family business of water supply: Cambodia’s small private operators are connecting the countryside

This learning brief showcases how Water.org is creating the ecosystem for PWO financing in Cambodia through its association partnerships with the ultimate goal of improving WSS access for hard-to-reach communities.

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Document Type: Learning brief

Countries: Indonesia

Date: Aug. 9, 2024

Financing water loss reduction: Piloting a performance-based partnership in Indonesia

In this case study, Water.org shares its experience with a public water utility and a private engineering firm that together are taking on the task of reducing water losses in Bekasi, Indonesia.

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Document Type: Executive summary

Date: April 3, 2024

WaterCredit and women's empowerment

An analysis of the link between WaterCredit, WSS impact, and women’s empowerment, utilizing Water.org program monitoring and impact measurement data alongside a comprehensive literature review.

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Document Type: Learning brief

Date: April 3, 2024

​Women’s empowerment in water, sanitation and hygiene: An analysis of water supply and sanitation (WSS) financing and women’s empowerment

The results of an analysis of the link between WaterCredit, WSS impact, and women’s empowerment utilizing Water.org program monitoring and impact measurement data, with a literature review, to understand whether there is evidence that WaterCredit contributes to social and economic empowerment of women and girls.

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Document Type: Evaluation

Countries: India, Indonesia

Date: April 2, 2024

Accelerating access to safe water and sanitation to communities in India and Indonesia: End of program evaluation summary

Summary of findings from an evaluation of a program that aimed to expand affordable financing and enable women in low-income families to invest in water and sanitation in India and Indonesia. The evaluation piloted applying the WASH4Work WASH Benefits Accounting Framework through the measurement process.

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Document Type: Evaluation

Countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India

Date: March 11, 2024

Accelerating access to safe water and sanitation to communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India: End of program evaluation

This end of program evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the program and interventions implemented by Water.org in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India from 2020-2024, analyzing the program performance, partners' performance, and sector-level and household-level impacts.

Accelerating access to safe water and sanitation to communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India: End of program evaluation

Document Type: Executive summary

Countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India

Date: March 11, 2024

Accelerating access to safe water and sanitation to communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India: End of program evaluation

A visual summary of the results from an evaluation of a 4-year program in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India.

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Document Type: Executive summary

Countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India

Date: March 11, 2024

Accelerating access to safe water and sanitation to communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India: End of program evaluation

This research brief presents the findings from an evaluation of a Water Supply and Sanitation (WWS) program that took place between 2020-2024 in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India.

Accelerating access to safe water and sanitation to communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India: End of program evaluation summary

Document Type: Evaluation

Countries: Bangladesh

Date: Sept. 8, 2023

Reaching 4 million people with safe water and sanitation in Bangladesh: Program evaluation summary

An assessment of the impacts of Water.org's WaterCredit solution in Bangladesh during a four-year grant period, from September 2018 to August 2022.

Reaching 4 million people with safe water and sanitation in Bangladesh: Program evaluation summary

Document Type: Evaluation

Date: July 31, 2023

Reaching 4 million people with safe water and sanitation in Bangladesh: Program evaluation summary

An assessment of the impacts of Water.org’s WaterCredit solution in Bangladesh during a four-year grant period, from September 2018 to August 2022.

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