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This report assesses the status of national Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) policies and regulations and progress towards the global policy targets. The report details responses from a survey – amongst others in many Sub-Saharan Africa countries - and categorises countries into three tiers of readiness to scale-up HWTS.
WHO (EDITOR) (2012): Status of National Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Policies in Selected Countries. Results of global survey and policy readiness for scaling up. Geneva: World Health Organisation (WHO) URL [Accessed: 20.04.2018]For women and men throughout the developing world, the chance to start and run a business or get a good job is the surest hope for a way out of poverty. This publication discusses gender-based discrimination and efforts for economic inclusion for all and its implications for the law.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (EDITOR) (2012): Women, Business and the Law 2012: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion. Washington: World Bank URL [Accessed: 20.04.2018] PDFThis publication discusses different blended finance approaches and investigates the developments of private sector investments as a result of blended finance. In addition are recommendations given how to foster use and implementation of blended finance instruments and measures in practice.
TEW, R. CAIO, C. (2016): Blended finance: Understanding its potential for Agenda 2030. Bristol : Development Initiatives URL [Accessed: 20.04.2018] PDFThis study suggests a social business format, founded on social entrepreneurship for the water sector, which appears suitable in Bangladesh. The paper provides an overview of a successful social business format composed from the nine cases of social business enterprises and the eight non-profit social enterprises in the water sector. Similarities between the social businesses’ formats indicated by the social business enterprises’ cross-case analysis include business mission, market exploitation, direct relationship dynamics and the basis for differentiation.
HOQUE, M. ; NAHID, K. (2015): Business Format in Social Entrepreneurships for Bangladesh’s Water Sector. In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research : Volume 5 URL [Accessed: 20.04.2018] PDFThis Position Paper addresses three key issues that are receiving limited attention in the water and sanitation sector discussions on (blended) finance:
- The lack of finance for strengthening the enabling environment
- The untapped use of micro and blended finance
- The inequities in allocation of finance in the sector