Focus on aid to water supply and sanitation

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Definition:  The DAC defines aid to water supply and sanitation as including water resources policy, planning and programmes, water legislation and management, water resources development, water resources protection, water supply and use, sanitation (including solid waste management) and education and training in water supply and sanitation.

• Measuring Aid to Water Supply and Sanitation, statistics on aid to the water sector, February 2009
• Donor Profiles on Aid to Water Supply and Sanitation, OECD in collaboration with the World Water Council, December 2008
• Aid at a glance by recipient: Water focus charts: Commitments 2004-2006 (xls file); Water focus charts: Disbursements 2004-2006 (xls file)
• CRS Aid Activities in Support of Water Supply and Sanitation, 2001-2006

Previous documentation on this topic:

- Study in November 2007

- 4th World Water Forum -  Mexico, March 2006

- Stockholm World Water Week, August 2004

Note:  The definition of aid for water supply and sanitation excludes dams and reservoirs primarily for irrigation and hydropower and activities related to river transport (classed under aid to agriculture, energy and transport respectively – see purpose codes 31140, 23065 and 21040).  To prepare statistics on aid to water including these activities, connect to International Development Statistics (IDS) online.

The CRS Aid Activity database is estimated to cover 85-90% of DAC countries’ bilateral ODA to the water sector in 1990-95.  Data from 1996 onwards are close to complete.

See also Global Forum for Sustainable Development website: www.oecd.org/water/forum2008

For more information on OECD work on Water: www.oecd.org/water