Library

Here you can find Finance Briefs produced by the Public Finance for WASH initiative, and useful open-access publications produced by other organisations:

Evaluating the effectiveness of public finance for household sanitation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Report of a very valuable research study which includes a detailed and useful information on budget flows to sanitation in Dar es Salaam, and on the challenges faced in encouraging increased channeling of municipal resources to sanitation.

How can we influence municipal governments to allocate more money to sanitation?

WSUP PRACTICE NOTE | Improving urban sanitation requires big investment by municipal as well as national government: but in most African cities, sanitation receives less than 1% of the total municipal budget.

Financing the future: how international public finance should fund a global social compact to eradicate poverty

ODI REPORT | How the SDGs will be achieved - if public finance in the poorest countries is improved.

Message, Method, and Messenger. Literature Survey

UI LITERATURE REVIEW | This literature survey aims to review how communication and advocacy have been used to change local policy making, programming, and budgetary allocations in the developing country context. Insights

25 Years Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water. 2015 Update and MDG Assessment

WHO - UNICEF REPORT | The World Health Organization and UNICEF have published a complete report on the progress on sanitation and drinking water. Definitely worth to look at it and take actions!

Financing the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Domestic Revenue Mobilization in Africa

NSI REPORT | A discussion on recent domestic resource mobilisation performance in Africa with an attempt to estimate a ‘tax effort index’ for Sub-Saharan countries.

Local government taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa. A review and an agenda for research

CMI WORKING PAPER | This paper focuses on the composition of local government ‘own’ revenues, administrative practices, and how the current system affects economic efficiency and accountability.

Scaling up financing for WASH. An opportunity for investment for increased socio-economic outcomes (Sierra Leone)

POLICY BRIEF WASH-Net | In this policy brief, Sierra Leone’s WASH-Net encourages government to invest more in sanitation and to set up institutional structures that can achieve this. Great model!

Public finance for water supply and sanitation: focus on national budgets

WATER AID REPORT | This policy brief is based on research carried out in three regions by WaterAid in Ethiopia and the Poverty Action Network in Ethiopia (PANE).

A long run perspective on urban water and sanitation infrastructure financing: essays in public finance

PARIS TECH PHD | This PhD research examines the financing history of water and sanitation infrastructure through the lens of public finance theory.

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