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

Finance Brief 1: Domestic public finance for WASH: what, why, how?

This Finance Brief defines domestic public finance and outlines why it is essential for providing universal water and sanitation services. It is a brief starting summary of what the Public Finance for WASH initiative is about, and why it was set up.

Finance Brief 6: The UK Public Works Loans Board: central government loans for local government investment

Until very recently, the Public Works Loans Board remained a major vehicle for central-to-local government lending in the UK, and it has been a valuable template for many similar systems worldwide.

Finance Brief 13: Subsidising water in Botswana: Is it sustainable?

96% of Botswana's population has access to an improved water source, mostly thanks to government subsidisation. Is this sustainable in the long-term?

Finance Brief 2: Universal water and sanitation: how did the rich countries do it?

This Finance Brief summarises the history of water and sanitation services provision in the US, the UK, and South Korea, and considers whether this historical experience is relevant to low and middle-income countries today.

Financing options for the 2030 Water Agenda

WATER GLOBAL PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE BRIEF | A World Bank brief exploring the new financing paradigm that all stakeholders will have to adapt to in order to achieve the SDGs.

Finance Brief 14: Mapping Public Finance for WASH in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's newly designed programmes for water and sanitation are ambitious. Where will the financing come from?

High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy

WORLD BANK REPORT | If water management policies do not become more sustainable, several regions around the world will not be prepared for climate change's impact on the water cycle, considerably damaging future economic growth.

Foreign aid and stimulating domestic revenue mobilisation in Uganda and Kenya

DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES REPORT | Examines official development assistance to Uganda and Kenya in terms of projects that entail support to domestic resource mobilisation.

Projecting progress: the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific

ODI REPORT | This paper examines how countries in Asia and the Pacific are likely to progress along the SDG targets by 2030, if current trends continue.

Increasing municipal finance for sanitation: support for property tax collection in Ga West

WSUP PRACTICE NOTE | WSUP recently completed an action research project supporting advocacy efforts to improve sanitation funding in Ga West, Ghana. This short note explores how improving property tax collection impacted sanitation funding.

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