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Analysis: A New Year Brings Enduring Challenges: Financing for Water and Sanitation Utilities During COVID-19
Despite well-established links between WASH and infection prevention, it appears that WASH may have, once again, failed to garner adequate support.
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- Coronavirus, WASH
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- coronavirus, finance, public health, sanitation, vaccines, WASH, water
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Press Release: Bangladesh Receives $200 Million From World Bank for Safe Water and Sanitation Services in Rural Areas
It will provide microcredits to both the households and entrepreneurs for water and sanitation facilities. About 309,000 of the poorest households will receive fully subsidized toilets. Besides the household water connections, it will construct around 3,000 community piped water schemes.
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- Asia Pacific
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New Sanitation and Wastewater Management Benchmark Tool in Africa
Africa must invest in innovative sanitation and wastewater management to achieve development goals – report
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- Technology, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nordic Development Fund Approves $8.8 Million Grant for African Water Facility
The Nordic Development Fund (NDF) has approved $8.8 million in grant funding to the African Water Facility for projects in the Sahel and Horn of Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- coronavirus, funding, impact investing, sanitation, WASH
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What’s the Matter with WASH?: Why Struggling Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Businesses Need More than Just Investment
Despite limitless demand, most water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) businesses – particularly those serving the poorest customers – are struggling to find a market and attract investors. Annie Hall at Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor shares insights from a new report that explores where WASH businesses are going wrong – and how investors and development sector players can help.
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Press Release: Kimberly-Clark Continues Crucial Work Amidst Pandemic To Address the Global Sanitation Crisis
Kimberly-Clark Continues Crucial Work Amidst Pandemic To Address the Global Sanitation Crisis
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- Coronavirus, WASH
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- entrepreneurs, global development, sanitation, SDGs, toilets, WASH, Women
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Harpic and Sanergy to Boost Toilet Access in Mukuru and Mathare
The sanitation actors say improving Kenya’s state of sanitation requires more inclusive approaches and partnerships to save the country’s poorest, most remote, and the most marginalised populations
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- Entrepreneurship, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Utilities of the Future: How To Build Universal and Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Systems
Over the last two decades, countries around the world have achieved important improvements in their water and sanitation sector governance and utility performance - which has resulted in significant increases in the number of people provided with sustainable services.
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- WASH
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- coronavirus, sanitation, SDGs, sustainability, water