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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:

Projecting progress: the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean

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

A tale of clean cities: Insights for planning urban sanitation from Visakhapatnam, India

WATERAID CASE STUDY | Part of a series examining city sanitation planning processes, this research project focuses on Visakhapatnam, India.

The True Cost of Poor Sanitation

LIXIL/WATERAID/OXFORD ECONOMICS REPORT | Examining the economic impacts of poor sanitation, this report finds the global cost was US$ 222.9 billion in 2015, a rise of more than US$ 40 billion in just five years.

Property taxation and economic development: lessons from Rwanda and Ethiopia

SPERI GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY BRIEF | Exploring the challenges and opportunities of property taxation, this argues that states should develop effective tax mechanisms to capture rising land and property values

Enhancing the effectiveness of external support in building tax capacity in developing countries

PCT REPORT | The Platform for Collaboration on Tax is a joint platform of the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank Group. This report analyses how support for developing tax capacity can be improved.

The role of blended finance in the 2030 Agenda: setting out an analytical approach

DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES DISCUSSION PAPER | This paper sets out DI's analytical framework on blended finance and its role in financing the 2030 Agenda.

A tale of clean cities: Insights for planning urban sanitation from Kumasi, Ghana

WATERAID REPORT | Part of a research project that examines the sanitation planning processes of three cities in developing countries that are making good progress in providing sanitation services to all.

Projecting progress: are cities on track to achieve the SDGs by 2030?

ODI REPORT | By examining 20 cities in developing countries, this report assesses the likelihood of their future achievement of the SDGs in 2030.

Refreshing Africa's future: Prospects for achieving universal WASH access by 2030

ISS AFRICAN FUTURES PAPER | This paper finds that Africa as a whole is not on track to meet SDG6 by 2030, and proposes two alternative scenarios to assess the costs and benefits associated with accelerating access.

IRC Trends Analysis, 2016-2025

IRC ANALYSIS | In formulating a new strategy for the SDG era, IRC have produced a trends analysis examining global and regional patterns that will impact the WASH sector, wider global development and Dutch development policy.

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