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Financing water supply and sanitation under Agenda 21

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  • John Briscoe
  • Harvey A Garn

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This paper assesses the financing challenges which have to be met by developing countries if water resources are to be managed efficiently, if the quality of the aquatic environment is to be improved and if water related services are to be delivered in a responsive, efficient and equitable way. This paper takes the view that attaching ‘price tags’ to water supply and sanitation, as was tentatively done in Agenda 21, is a misguided approach and that what is needed is articulation of clear principles which should underpin the financing of water supply and sanitation investments. To illustrate the approach the paper focuses heavily on experiences from World Bank water supply, sanitation and urban development projects over the past 30 years. The challenge is to develop appropriate institutional and financial arrangements. The essence of such arrangements is that they ensure that societies mobilize appropriate levels of resources for providing water related environmental services and that these resources are used in the most efficient and effective way possible.

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  • John Briscoe & Harvey A Garn, 1995. "Financing water supply and sanitation under Agenda 21," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 19(1), pages 59-70, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:19:y:1995:i:1:p:59-70
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1995.tb00593.x
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    1. Emanuele Lobina & David Hall, 2008. "The comparative advantage of the public sector in the development of urban water supply," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 8(1), pages 85-101, January.
    2. Heidler, A. & Nesi, Muhil & Nikiema, J. & Luthi, C., 2023. "Multilateral development banks investment behaviour in water and sanitation: findings and lessons from 60 years of investment projects in Africa and Asia," Papers published in Journals (Open Access), International Water Management Institute, pages 13(5):362-3.

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