Financing water supply and sanitation systems

Reliable and sustainable financing will be needed to expand and maintain adequate water supply and sanitation services for all. Lessons can be drawn from the experiences of OECD and transition economies in developing systems for financing infrastructure and water services provision and applying full cost recovery water pricing systems.

• Strategic Financing Planning for Water Supply (forthcoming, OECD, May 2009)
• Infrastructure to 2030- Telecom, Land Transport, Water and Electricity (volume 2 was published in 2007)
• Pro-poor Design of Subsidies for Drinking Water (Development Centre, Policy Insights n°42, 2007)
• Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation in Africa (Development Centre, Policy Insights n°42, 2007)
• OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development: Public-Private Partnerships in Water Supply and Sanitation – Recent Trends and New Opportunities
• Keeping water safe to drink
• The impacts of change on the long-term future demand for water sector infrastructure, published in Infrastructure to 2030: Telecom, Land Transport, Water and Electricity, OECD 2006
• Local capital markets for environmental infrastructure - Prospects in China, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and Ukraine (2006)
• Ministerial conference on Financing Water Supply and Sanitation in the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)
• Financing Water and Environment Infrastructure : The Case of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
• Environmental Finance: Financing Strategies for Water and Environmental Infrastructure
• Water Management and Investment in the New Independent States

=> More information on OECD Task Team on Sustainable Financing to Ensure Affordable Access to Water Supply and Sanitation

=> More information on OECD work on water supply and sanitation sector reform