In 1997, thousands of people gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco, for the first World Water Forum to address an urgent problem: the global water crisis. The meeting resulted in the Marrakech Declaration, a...
To raise momentum in Brazil’s water sector, and respond to demands from government, the World Bank initiated two analytical studies. These were the Water Supply and Sanitation Policy, Institutions and...
Brazil has a pressing need for better water supply and sanitation services (WSS), but in recent years public investment in the sector has been declining both in real terms and as a proportion of gross...
The maximizing finance for development (MFD) approach can be implemented to close the financing gap in the water and sanitation sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, helping the region in getting...
Improving water security can avoid up to a 3 percent loss in gross domestic product (GDP) and foster the country’s economic recovery from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. The Colombia’s...
Improving water security can avoid up to a 3 percent loss in gross domestic product (GDP) and foster the country’s economic recovery from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. The Colombia’s...
To raise momentum in Brazil’s water sector, and respond to demands from government, the World Bank initiated two analytical studies. These were the Water Supply and Sanitation Policy, Institutions and...
The study described in this policy brief quantified the impacts of water shocks (too much, too little and too dirty) on economic outcomes in Colombia, using combined hydrological and econometric modeling...
The study described in this policy brief quantified the impacts of water shocks (too much, too little and too dirty) on economic outcomes in Colombia, using combined hydrological and econometric modeling...
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is exposing Brazil to an unprecedented challenge. The pandemic is expected to plunge Brazil into another recession. Although the pain of recession can be felt across...
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is exposing Brazil to an unprecedented challenge. The pandemic is expected to plunge Brazil into another recession. Although the pain of recession can be felt across...
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is exposing Brazil to an unprecedented challenge. The pandemic is expected to plunge Brazil into another recession. Although the pain of recession can be felt across...
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is exposing Brazil to an unprecedented challenge. The pandemic is expected to plunge Brazil into another recession. Although the pain of recession can be felt across...
In households that the systems serve, the intervention also brought specific benefits, such as lower rates of diarrhea and use of shared facilities. The study did not find statistically significant progress...
This document presents results of a randomized control trial on the effects of Component one of the Sustainability Project of the Rural Water and Sanitation Sector (PROSASR). The intervention’s main objective...
While subsidies of water supply and sanitation (WSS) services are generally implemented in pursuit of worthwhile objectives, poor design often undermines these objectives, rendering subsidies pervasive...
This document presents results of a randomized control trial on the effects of Component one of the Sustainability Project of the Rural Water and Sanitation Sector (PROSASR). The intervention’s main objective...
Poverty rates in Guatemala are among the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Guatemala is now the second poorest country in the region, with only post-earthquake Haiti being poorer. Guatemala...
Poverty rates in Guatemala are among the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Guatemala is now the second poorest country in the region, with only post-earthquake Haiti being poorer. Guatemala...
This paper presents an overview and meta-analysis of the effects of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions around the world. It is based on 136 impact evaluations (randomized and quasi-experimental...