Our evidence, research and data supports the use of financing to achieve universal access to safe water and sanitation. We are committed to sharing what we’ve learned, so we can all see a day where everyone, everywhere has access to safe water and a toilet.
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Document Type: Learning brief
Countries: Indonesia
Date: Jan. 15, 2022
An evaluation of Water.org’s activities in Indonesia finds that progress is being made to realize the huge potential of repayable finance for water supply and sanitation (WSS), but a strategic focus on systemic change is needed to achieve the government’s ambitious targets for 2030.
Document Type: Learning brief
Date: Jan. 15, 2022
An evaluation of Water.org’s activities in Bangladesh finds that engagement and advocacy for water and sanitation has influenced the government to significantly increase funding and improve oversight of financial flows.
Document Type: Learning brief
Date: Sept. 1, 2021
The research assessed the impact of WSS systems on climate, how climate change is likely to affect achievement of SDG 6, and opportunities for climate finance for WSS systems.
Document Type: Learning brief
Countries: India
Date: Aug. 1, 2021
Overview of WASH and health financing project being implemented in Maharashtra, India jointly by Water.org and UNICEF –The Ecosystem Approach. The project integrates WASH behavior change communication with rural household microlending programs to drive household water and sanitation access through loans.
Document Type: Report
Countries: India
Date: July 5, 2021
Report outlining the need for WSS finance in India.
Document Type: Report
Countries: Bangladesh
Date: Feb. 1, 2021
Business case study to highlight the business impacts of WaterCredit on Bangladesh’s banks, microfinance institutions and cooperatives, and informal financiers.
Document Type: Learning brief
Countries: India
Date: Oct. 1, 2020
Details of the most significant outcomes related to Water.org’s system level impact work. A key objective was to assess the systems-level influence and impact of its efforts to create an enabling ecosystem for WSS financing that would make WSS capital more affordable and accessible.
Document Type: Executive summary
Date: Aug. 12, 2020
An analysis of the link between WaterCredit, WSS impact, and women’s empowerment, utilizing Water.org program monitoring and impact measurement data alongside a comprehensive literature review.
Document Type: Learning brief
Date: Aug. 12, 2020
This two-pager highlights the global water risks, inequitable impacts, how transforming WSS systems can mitigate climate change, and how to finance climate-smart solutions.
Document Type: Learning brief
Date: Aug. 12, 2020
The results of an analysis of the link between WaterCredit, WSS impact, and women’s empowerment utilizing Water.org program monitoring and impact measurement data, with a literature review, to understand whether there is evidence that WaterCredit contributes to social and economic empowerment of women and girls.
