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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 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 9: Government investment in sanitation: 2016 state of play

Have the various commitments to increase government investment in sanitation actually had results? This brief asks how much governments are currently investing in sanitation and how that might be increased.

Finance Brief 1 (Español): Finanzas Públicas Internas para el Agua y el Saneamiento: ¿Qué, Por Qué y Cómo?

Este Informe define las finanzas públicas y resalta su importancia en la provisión universal de los servicios de agua y saneamiento. Es un resumen inicial de lo que trata nuestra iniciativa y por qué se creó.

Finance Brief 7: Evidence into policy: How research has influenced Kenyan Government budgets for school WASH

The SWASH+ research-and-advocacy project has mobilised substantial increases in central government finance for WASH in schools. How did they do it?

Finance Brief 8: A few cents on your water bill: Tana's surcharge system

In Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo (Tana), water bills include various surcharges designed to help finance water and sanitation. This brief describes how this interesting system works, and considers how it might be further developed.

Finance Brief 5: South Africa's Equitable Share Formula: a useful model for WASH financing?

South Africa’s Equitable Share formula is a mechanism for transfer of funds from central to local government, to support basic services including water and sanitation.

Finance Brief 4: DRM and WASH in the Financing for Development agenda

This Finance Brief summarises the increasing relevance of Domestic Resource Mobilisation (DRM) in supporting the ambitious goals of the Sustainable Development Agenda.

Finance Brief 3: Municipal finance for sanitation in African cities

This Finance Brief summarises recent data on budget allocations to sanitation in four African municipalities: Temeke (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Ga West (Accra, Ghana), Nakuru (Kenya), and Maputo (Mozambique).

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 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.

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