Library

Here you can find Finance Briefs produced by the Public Finance for WASH initiative, and useful open-access publications produced by other organisations:

The state of public water in the United States

FOOD & WATER WATCH REPORT | A discussion on the balance between public and private water utilities in the United States and which provides the best value for money for the consumer.

The SDGs at city level: Mumbai's example

ODI WORKING PAPER | This working paper examines three SDGs in the context of one city (Mumbai), and analyses the progress still to be made for the goals on access to water, sanitation and adequate housing to be achieved.

Financing local and regional governments: the missing link in sustainable development finance

GTF 2016 REPORT | Recommendations on fiscal reforms and financial instruments from the Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments published during the UN's recent Finance for Development conference

Monitoring commitments and actions: Inaugural Report 2016

UN IATF-FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT REPORT | The 2016 Inaugural Report on the progress made on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda describes the Agenda's scope and sets out data and evidence sources used by the Task Force.

Taxing to develop: When 'third-best' is best

IGC BRIEF | Effective tax policy design is the foundation of strong economic development. Barriers to tax collection limit governments' abilities to finance public goods and services, and invest in infrastructure to spur economic growth.

Finance Brief 15: Tracking rural WASH funding in India: From national programmes to district budgets

How do national WASH aims and programmes translate to sub-national achievements? This Finance Brief examines the bottlenecks in funding at the state and district levels, based on one state in India.

Starting Strong: the first 1000 days of the SDGs

ODI BACKGROUND NOTE | The ODI and various international partners have organised a series of regional dialogues to discuss implementation of the SDGs. This paper is designed to provide background/contextual information for these meetings.

Projecting progress: the SDGs in sub-Saharan Africa

ODI REPORT | This paper examines how sub-Saharan African countries are likely to progress along the SDG targets by 2030, if current trends continue.

Increasing municipal finance for sanitation: towards a sanitation tariff in Maputo

WSUP PRACTICE NOTE | Part of an action research project examining how to influence municipal finance allocations, this publication looks at how media engagement promoted a sanitation tariff.

GLAAS 2017 Report: Financing universal water, sanitation and hygiene under the Sustainable Development Goals

UN-WATER REPORT | A global update on the policy frameworks, institutional arrangements and international/national finance streams in support of water and sanitation

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