Knowledge Library

​OECD: Making blended finance work for water and sanitation and unlocking commercial finance for SDG 6

Despite progress, blended finance has not gained sufficient traction for water-related investments. To encourage further action, this publication provides insights into how development actors can better deploy scarce financial resources and de-risking instruments to incentivise commercial actors to invest in water-related investments in developing countries.

Mobilising finance for WASH: Getting the foundation right (academic journal version)

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)

​Movilización de financiamiento para WASH: construir bien las bases

(Spanish) 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.

​Mobilising finance for WASH: Getting the foundation right

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.

Endline evaluation of WaterCredit project: Increasing health, dignity & opportunities with access to safe water and sanitation in India (executive summary)

An assessment of program in India. The assessment drew on two household surveys (baseline and endline), focus group discussions, key informant interviews, loan data and program documentation.

WaterCredit: Catalyzing access to safe drinking water and sanitation in Bangladesh

This is an evaluation of a multiyear program in Bangladesh.

Creating access to credit for water and sanitation improvements: A case study of women’s self-help groups in Tiruchirappalli, India

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.

Accelerating towards universal access to clean water and sanitation: WaterCredit and beyond

A chapter written for "A Better World- Volume 3", outlining the WaterCredit model and its impacts to date, and its key lessons and challenges.

​GLAAS external support agency - Water.org highlight (2016)

The UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water Report included a featured highlight of Water.org and its impact.

Financing WASH: How to increase funds for the sector while reducing inequities

This position paper addresses three key issues that receive limited attention in the WASH sector discussions on finance:

1. Lack of finance for strengthening the enabling environment
2. Untapped use of micro and blended finance
3. Inequities in allocation of finance in the sector