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: Report
Date: April 13, 2022
The water and sanitation meta study assesses Water.org’s contributions and compares Water.org’s evidence with academic and practitioner evidence in five areas: household finances, WaterCredit as an accelerator, climate change, health and safety, and women’s empowerment and equity.
Document Type: Learning brief
Date: Jan. 15, 2022
An evaluation of Water.org’s activities in Bangladesh finds that engagement and advocacy for water and sanitation has influenced the government to significantly increase funding and improve oversight of financial flows.
Document Type: Learning brief
Countries: Indonesia
Date: Jan. 15, 2022
An evaluation of Water.org’s activities in Indonesia finds that progress is being made to realize the huge potential of repayable finance for water supply and sanitation (WSS), but a strategic focus on systemic change is needed to achieve the government’s ambitious targets for 2030.
Document Type: Learning brief
Countries: India
Date: Jan. 15, 2022
An evaluation of Water.org’s activities in India finds that it was a credible knowledge partner advocating for repayable water supply and sanitation (WSS) finance to help overcome the challenges inherent in massive flagship programs and accelerate access to water and sanitation
Document Type: Learning brief
Date: Jan. 15, 2022
Evaluations of Water.org’s activities in India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia provide a snapshot of its global impact and demonstrate how systems strengthening can deliver better and quicker access to water and sanitation.
Document Type: Learning brief
Date: Sept. 1, 2021
The research assessed the impact of WSS systems on climate, how climate change is likely to affect achievement of SDG 6, and opportunities for climate finance for WSS systems.
Document Type: Learning brief
Countries: India
Date: Aug. 1, 2021
Overview of WASH and health financing project being implemented in Maharashtra, India jointly by Water.org and UNICEF –The Ecosystem Approach. The project integrates WASH behavior change communication with rural household microlending programs to drive household water and sanitation access through loans.
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.
