Smart Finance Solutions: Examples of Innovative Financial Mechanisms for Water and Sanitation

by Netherlands Water Partnership

Overview

It is increasingly recognized that small service providers play a vital role in the provision of water and sanitation services. These come in many forms, including private sector suppliers, community-based organizations, and households as self-providers. While many different measures are necessary to strengthen their role in service delivery, one constraint emphasized in several studies is their lack of access to credit or other appropriate financing mechanisms and products.

This booklet gives examples of how various existing financial mechanisms and products are being used to finance water and sanitation projects and small local businesses and gives a quick overview on how to write a successful business/project plan.

This publication is the result of a collaborative effort by NWP (Netherlands Water Partnership) and the IRC (International Water and Sanitation Centre) in the Netherlands.
Partners for Water financially supported this volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789460220104
Publisher:	KIT (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen)
Publication date:	05/28/2009
Series:	Smart Solutions Series
Pages:	72
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.25(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword; The Need for SMART Finance Solutions; What Makes Finance Solutions Smart? Challenges of Smart Finance Solutions; Smart Finance Solutions Booklet; OVERVIEW AND GLOSSARY: Glossary; Overview Financing Mechanisms—sources and Clients; Overview Credit Needs and Funding Sources; 1) INNOVATIVE FINANCING MECHANISMS AND PRODUCTS FOR SUSTAINABLE WASH SERVICES: Micro-Level Financial Mechanisms and Products; Meso-Level Financing Mechanisms and Products; 2) BUSINESS/PROJECT PLANS: How to Write a Successful Plan: Step I: Getting Started; Step II: Making Plans; Step III: Field Testing; Step IV: Going to the Market; Key Success Factors in Starting Up Projects and Businesses; Conclusions; List of Organisations that Finance Water and Sanitation; Websites; Literature.