Meeting the Challenge of Financing Water and Sanitation
Tools and Approaches
- WSS generate substantial benefits for the economy
- Investment needs to generate these benefits are large in both OECD and developing countries
- Tariffs are a preferred funding source, but public budgets and ODA will have a role to play, too
- Markets-based repayable finance is needed to cover high up-front capital investment costs
- Strategic financial planning and other OECD tools can help Governments move forward
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Current status of WSS and investment needs
This chapter synthesises aggregated investment estimates in order to maintain and expand drinking water supply and sanitation services (WSS) around the world. In doing so, the Chapter distinguishes between the situation in countries with almost universal water and sanitation coverage (most OECD countries and some transition countries) and those where extending access to the service remains at the heart of current investment policies.
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