A Thirst for Change : The World Bank Group’s Support for Water Supply and Sanitation, with Focus on the Poor
This evaluation assesses the World Bank Group’s effectiveness in supporting improved access to adequate, reliable, and sustained water and sanitation services in client countries. It also examines how well the Bank Group is equipped to support the...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/627121518104491041/A-thirst-for-change-an-IEG-evaluation-of-the-World-Bank-Group-s-support-for-water-supply-and-sanitation-with-focus-on-the-poor-2007-16 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29345 |
| Summary: | This evaluation assesses the World Bank
Group’s effectiveness in supporting improved access to
adequate, reliable, and sustained water and sanitation
services in client countries. It also examines how well the
Bank Group is equipped to support the countries in moving
toward sustained water and sanitation services for all, with
a focus on the poor, in keeping with Sustainable Development
Goal 6. The World Bank Group provided $30.3 billion for WSS
to client countries during FY2007-16. The World Bank
accounted for the largest share with $28.4 billion (93
percent), followed by the International Finance Corporation
(IFC) with $1.5 billion (5 percent), and the Multilateral
Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) with $0.4 billion (2
percent). Lack of financial viability and accountability of
service providers are at the core of gaps and disparities in
global water and sanitation services, and the World Bank
Group’s response has been inadequate. Securing financial
viability and institutional accountability is also crucial
to attract much needed investments into the water and
sanitation service sector, including private sector finance.
The water and sanitation services sector faces
cross-sectoral challenges that are approaching crisis
proportions in many areas, but the World Bank Group has not
developed yet a systematic response to address such
challenges. Without tackling financial viability and
cross-sectoral impacts head-on, credible progress towards
SDG 6 is unlikely. IEG’s evaluation also highlights
pioneering and successful initiatives by the Bank in the WSS
sector in several countries. The challenge is to replicate
these positive experiences elsewhere. |
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