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.
Other helpful resources:
Document Type: White paper
Date: March 21, 2019
This paper unpacks what is meant by the enabling environment for finance in WASH and presents real examples of how these bottlenecks are being overcome by innovators in the sector. (Academic Journal version- Water, a journal from MDPI)
Document Type: White paper
Countries: India
Date: June 1, 2018
This paper looks at the development of a water and sanitation loan fund deployed through a network of women’s self-help groups in Southern India. Results from this case study indicate that micro-finance principles can be successfully applied to the water and sanitation sector.
Document Type: Report
Date: April 13, 2022
The household finances component of this meta-study investigated the extent of the internal and external evidence base for whether improved water supply and sanitation breaks the cycle of poverty for households living in poverty and increases economic value.
Document Type: Executive summary
Countries: India
Date: Oct. 31, 2016
Findings from the Evaluation of the 2011-2015 Pepsi program in India.
Document Type: Report
Countries: India
Date: July 5, 2021
Report outlining the need for WSS finance in India.
Document Type: Report
Countries: Bangladesh
Date: Feb. 1, 2021
Business case study to highlight the business impacts of WaterCredit on Bangladesh’s banks, microfinance institutions and cooperatives, and informal financiers.
Document Type: Learning brief
Countries: India
Date: Oct. 1, 2020
Details of the most significant outcomes related to Water.org’s system level impact work. A key objective was to assess the systems-level influence and impact of its efforts to create an enabling ecosystem for WSS financing that would make WSS capital more affordable and accessible.
Document Type: Learning brief
Date: Aug. 12, 2020
This two-pager highlights the global water risks, inequitable impacts, how transforming WSS systems can mitigate climate change, and how to finance climate-smart solutions.
Document Type: Report
Date: April 13, 2022
The WaterCredit as an Accelerator component of this meta-study investigated the extent of the internal and external evidence base to test if WaterCredit-financed WSS improvements lead to: sustainable WSS loan portfolios, improved access to WSS, and more sustainable access to improved WSS.
Document Type: Report
Countries: India
Date: Aug. 1, 2016
This article challenges the assumption that WASH lending is consumptive by highlighting the financial gains people are able to derive to some extent from having water and/or sanitation infrastructure at home by analyzing data on the reallocation of time by WaterCredit borrowers in India.
