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A systematic assessment of the pro-poor reach of development bank investments in urban sanitation

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dc.creator Hutchings, Paul
dc.creator Johns, M.
dc.creator Jornet, D.
dc.creator Scott, C.
dc.creator van den Bossche, Z.
dc.date 2018-09-26T11:02:15Z
dc.date 2018-09-26T11:02:15Z
dc.date 2018-04-16
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:38:33Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:38:33Z
dc.identifier P. Hutchings, M. Johns, D. Jornet, et al., A systematic assessment of the pro-poor reach of development bank investments in urban sanitation. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2018, pp. 402-414
dc.identifier 2043-9083
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2018.147
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13492
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182348
dc.description This paper presents an assessment of development banks’ investment in urban sanitation between 2010 and 2017. It reveals an overall increase in investment, yet this falls short of bridging the significant financing gap in the sector. The paper also assesses the major areas of investment to show that, on the infrastructure side, 20 times more money is invested in sewerage than faecal sludge management, while on the enabling environment side, institutional capacity building is the most financed area. Using a new pro-poor assessment tool, an appraisal was made of the extent to which the investments were pro-poor. This analysis indicates that over half of investments, where an assessment could be made, were considered to be pro-poor, yet the use of the assessment tool reflects a lack of information within development bank reporting on the pro-poor nature of investments. Going forward, improving how development banks report on the pro-poor character of their investments would be a useful step for helping the sector assess the effectiveness of investments. The paper concludes by arguing that, despite progress, development banks should be even more ambitious in seeking to support pro-poor urban sanitation investments if the world is to overcome the urban sanitation challenge.
dc.language en
dc.publisher IWA Publishing
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject development bank
dc.subject finance
dc.subject pro-poor
dc.subject urban sanitation
dc.title A systematic assessment of the pro-poor reach of development bank investments in urban sanitation
dc.type Article


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