Achieving Universal Access to Water and Sanitation by 2030 : The Role of Blended Finance

A substantial increase in sector financing will be necessary to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 calling for universal access to safe water and sanitation while addressing issues of water quality and scarcity to balance the needs of household...

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Main Authors:	Leigland, James, Tremolet, Sophie, Ikeda, John
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	Sustainable Development Goals financing gap blended financing bond markets water financing
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26723966/achieving-universal-access-water-sanitation-2030-role-blended-finance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25111

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spelling	okr-10986-251112021-05-25T08:51:41Z Achieving Universal Access to Water and Sanitation by 2030 : The Role of Blended Finance Leigland, James Tremolet, Sophie Ikeda, John Sustainable Development Goals financing gap blended financing bond markets water financing A substantial increase in sector financing will be necessary to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 calling for universal access to safe water and sanitation while addressing issues of water quality and scarcity to balance the needs of households, agriculture, industry, energy, and the environment over the next 15 years. Recent estimates by the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) indicate that the present value of the additional investment in WSS alone needed through 2030 will exceed US$1.7 trillion (Hutton & Varughese 2016). Existing funding falls far short of this amount; countries may have to increase their investment in the water and sanitation sectors by up to four times in order to meet the SDGs. Where is Financing for the Water SDG Going to Come From? 2016-10-04T20:33:26Z 2016-10-04T20:33:26Z 2016-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26723966/achieving-universal-access-water-sanitation-2030-role-blended-finance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25111 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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spellingShingle	Sustainable Development Goals financing gap blended financing bond markets water financing Leigland, James Tremolet, Sophie Ikeda, John Achieving Universal Access to Water and Sanitation by 2030 : The Role of Blended Finance
description	A substantial increase in sector financing will be necessary to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 calling for universal access to safe water and sanitation while addressing issues of water quality and scarcity to balance the needs of households, agriculture, industry, energy, and the environment over the next 15 years. Recent estimates by the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) indicate that the present value of the additional investment in WSS alone needed through 2030 will exceed US$1.7 trillion (Hutton & Varughese 2016). Existing funding falls far short of this amount; countries may have to increase their investment in the water and sanitation sectors by up to four times in order to meet the SDGs. Where is Financing for the Water SDG Going to Come From?
format	Working Paper
author	Leigland, James Tremolet, Sophie Ikeda, John
author_facet	Leigland, James Tremolet, Sophie Ikeda, John
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title	Achieving Universal Access to Water and Sanitation by 2030 : The Role of Blended Finance
title_short	Achieving Universal Access to Water and Sanitation by 2030 : The Role of Blended Finance
title_full	Achieving Universal Access to Water and Sanitation by 2030 : The Role of Blended Finance
title_fullStr	Achieving Universal Access to Water and Sanitation by 2030 : The Role of Blended Finance
title_full_unstemmed	Achieving Universal Access to Water and Sanitation by 2030 : The Role of Blended Finance
title_sort	achieving universal access to water and sanitation by 2030 : the role of blended finance
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26723966/achieving-universal-access-water-sanitation-2030-role-blended-finance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25111
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Achieving Universal Access to Water and Sanitation by 2030 : The Role of Blended Finance

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