Finance
Smart Finance
Solutions: Examples of innovative financial mechanisms for water and sanitation
[NWP & IRC, 2009]
Financing
Sanitation: Improving Hygiene Awareness
and Sanitation [KfW Water Symposium, 2009] – Symposium homepage with
links to presentations.
Water, sanitation and shelter: A fresh look at finance −
Chapter 2 of Century of the City: No Time to Lose [Rockefeller Foundation, 2008
− the link gives details of how to apply for a free copy of the book]
Public Funding for Sanitation: The Many Faces of Sanitation Subsidies [WSSCC, 2009]
Financing On-Site Sanitation for the Poor: A Six Country Comparative Review and Analysis [WSP, 2010]
Innovations in financing urban water and sanitation
[Center for Sustainable Urban
Development,
Columbia University, 2007]
Financing water
supply and sanitation systems [OECD webpage]
Managing Water for All: An OECD
Perspective on Pricing and Financing [OECD, 2009]: Full report Key Messages for Policy Makers.
Financing Mechanisms for Peri-Urban, Small Towns and Rural
Water Supply [Danida, 2007]
Financing Water and Environmental Infrastructure for All [OECD,
2004]
Financing Water for All ["The Camdessus Report", World Water
Council et al., 2003]
See also: www.financingwaterforall.org
Water Finance - A Discussion Note [PSI, 2004]
Global costs of attaining the Millennium Development Goal for
water supply and sanitation [Bull. WHO, 2008]
Cost Estimates, Budgets, Aid and the Water Sector: What’s Going
on? An Analysis Illustrated with Data from 12 Sub-Saharan African
Countries [IRC, 2006]
Costing MDG Target 10 on Water Supply and Sanitation [World
Water Council, 2006]
Financing Facilities for the Water Sector [IRC TOP,
2006]
The
Challenge of Financing Sanitation for Meeting the MDGs [WSP, 2004]
Financing and Cost Recovery [IRC Thematic Overview Paper,
2006]
Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of Water & Sanitation
Improvements at the Global Level
[WHO,
2004]
Water Financing and
Governance [GWP, 2008] − “the financial needs [of the water sector] will not be met
without major reforms in water governance. By improving water governance the
enabling environment for investment will improve as risks, commercial and political,
will be better understood and addressed.”
Financing water and sanitation at local levels: Synthesis
paper [WaterAid, 2008]
Think local, act local: Effective financing of local
governments to provide water and sanitation services [WaterAid, 2008]
See also: Microfinance/Microcredit
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Is the World short of money?
No, it is not!
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"Some people say that these numbers are too large and
are over ambitious. One has to ask too large compared to what? Too large
compared to the $70−80 billion to be spent this year in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Too large in relation to the $350 billion that the EU and USA spend in
subsidizing their farmers in order that they can compete unfairly with the
farmers of the developing world? Too much in relation to the $1.5 trillion that
those who live in the USA will spend on their own health in 2004? ... I do not
think so!"
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Governance, Transparency and
Corruption
►About Corruption and Transparency in the Water and Sanitation
Sector [IRC TOP, 2006]
►Book: Global Corruption Report 2008: Corruption in the Water Sector [CUP for
Transparency International, 2008]
– free download here.
Understanding
Governance: Pathways to Sustainability [STEPS Centre, University of Sussex,
2007]
UNDP Water Governance
Facility [website]
RULE: Reforming Water Governance [IUCN, 2009]
Enhancing Governance
on Water [UN General Assembly Panel Discussion, 6 November 2009] −
read the Background Note and
the Summary
Note.
Deterring Corruption
and Improving Governance in the Urban Water Supply & Sanitation Sector [World Bank, 2008] − Key messages and findings.
A framework for
tackling corruption in the water and sanitation sector in Africa [32nd WEDC International Conference, 2006]
Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in
the Urban Water Supply & Sanitation Sector [World Bank, 2008]
Water Integrity Network – “Fighting corruption in water worldwide”
The Dark Figure of Corruption: Crippling economies around the world [Policy
Review, 2009] Quote: “It is thus particularly important that the role of
corruption now be properly and prominently appraised. The fact that this is
very hard to do should not mean that no one tries to do it. We have not had
nearly as much success curing cancer as we would like, although we can cure
syphilis quite easily. This does not mean that ten times more funding should go
to syphilis research than cancer research. Corruption is the cancer of
economics, with all that the metaphor implies — it is enigmatic, poorly
understood, hydra-headed, deadly, and often hidden until it is too late. If the
patient is riddled with it, the treatment of other afflictions will be no more
than a temporary palliative.”
Risks of corruption
in government infrastructure projects [Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer,
2008]
Output-Based Aid in Infrastructure: A Tool for Reducing the Impact
of Corruption [World Bank, 2007]
Infrastructure Governance
and Corruption: Where Next? [World Bank, 2007]
Rethinking Governance in Water Services [ODI Working Paper,
2007]
Corruption and Anti-corruption Efforts: Research, policy
highlights and ways forward [ODI Background Note, 2006]
Local Elected Leadership Series − Key Competencies for
Improving Local Governance [UN-Habitat, 2005]
− the pdf file contains all four volumes in the series
[vol. 1: Quick Guide (an overview of the LEL Series); vol. 2: User Guide (to
maximize use beyond training workshop); vol. 3: Concepts and Strategies (for
each of the roles and competencies); vol. 4: Training Tools (to support
enhanced learning and application). Alternatively download each volume
here.
Making Anti-Corruption Approaches Work for the Poor: Issues for
consideration in the development of pro-poor anti-corruption strategies in water
services and irrigation [SIWI, 2007]
Breaking Corruption’s Grip on the Water Sector [SIWI, 2006]
Allies Fighting Corruption in the Water Sector [World Bank
webpage]
Tackling Corruption,
Transforming Lives [Asia Pacific Human
Development Report, UNDP, 2008]
The Athens Agenda:
Corruption and Sustainable Development [Outcome of the 13th International
Anti-Corruption Conference, Athens, 2008]
Transparency
International: The Global Coalition against Corruption [website]
DFID Anti-corruption
Online [website]
Governance reform under real world conditions: a dialogue on
communication challenges [World Bank, 2007] − see also the book Governance
Reform Under Real World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice [World
Bank, 2008]
The role
of governance in countering corruption: an African case study [
Water
Policy, 2007]
Corruption in public service delivery: experience from South Asia’s water and sanitation sector [
World
Development, 2003]
Threshold effects of corruption: theory and evidence [World
Development, 2008]
Fighting corruption [OECD webpage]
Watch: Corruption
Governance and Anticorruption [World Bank webpage]
Fighting
Corruption through Collective Action [World Bank, 2008] – supporting
website and
resources for the water and sanitation sector.
Distilling or diluting? Negotiating the water research−policy
interface [Water Alternatives, 2008] − examines some of the tensions in the generation of
knowledge about water governance and poverty, and the translation of this
knowledge into policy and practice.
Gender and Involvement of Women in Local Governance [UN-Habitat, 2006]
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
Conflict mediation in the water and sanitation sector: And
how to reach solutions [IRC TOP, 2008]
Documents on transparency in the IRC digital library
►United Nations Convention against Corruption [UN
Office on Drugs and Crime, 2004]
Governance Assessment Portal [UNDP webpage] Corruption GAP Dossier (links to reports on GAP)
A Users’ Guide to Measuring Corruption [UNDP, 2008]
Corruption and
Development: Anti-Corruption Intervention for Poverty Reduction, Realization of
the MDGs and Promoting Sustainable Development [UNDP, 2008]
Pro Poor Urban
Governance: Lessons from Life [UNDP, 2005]
