[[Image:finance portal box.png|right|100px]][[Image:akvopedia logo.png|right|100px|link=http://akvopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page]]The FinancePortal gives an overview of the costs of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) service delivery, the financing sources to recover the costs, and tools and systems to monitor the financing of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) service delivery in developing countries.
<font size="2" color="#555555">'''The information in this portal is structured around 3 main questions''':</font> # ''What costs do I need to finance?'' - see Costs of WASH Service Delivery;# ''How can I finance my costs?'' - see Financing Sources;# ''How can I monitor financing?'' - see Monitoring Finance.<br> {|border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" !style="background:#efefef;"| <font size="3">Costs of WASH <br>Service Delivery</font>! <font size="3"> Financing Sources</font>! style="background:#efefef;"| <font size="3">Monitoring Finance is </font>|[[Image:rss feed icon.png|center|28px|link=http://www.ircwash.org/topic/83/rss.xml]] [[Image:IRC new logo.png|center|30px|link=http://www.ircwash.org|]]|- valign="top"|align="center" width="25%" style="background:#efefef;" | <!-- Content Column 1 starts here -->{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=Costs of WASH icon.png|alt=Costs of WASH Service Delivery - Introduction|width=85|link=Costs of WASH Service Delivery - Introduction}} <br> [[Costs of WASH Service Delivery - Introduction| Introduction]]{|style="border: 1px solid #dedede; text-align: center; background-color: #efefef" align="center" width="85%" |The costs for sustainable water, sanitation & hygiene service delivery include: new system construction, operation & maintenance, administration & planning, extension & improvement of services, and eventual replacement of infrastructure.|}|} {|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=Costs of WASH icon.png|alt=Capital Expenditure (CapEx)|width=85|link=Capital Expenditure (CapEx)}} <br> [[Capital Expenditure (CapEx) | Capital Expenditure<br> (CapEx) ]] |}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=Costs of WASH icon.png|alt=Operational and Minor Maintenance Expenditure (OpEx)|width=85|link=Operational and Minor Maintenance Expenditure (OpEx)}} <br> [[Operational and Minor Maintenance Expenditure (OpEx) | Operational and <br>Minor Maintenance<br> Expenditure (OpEx) ]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=Costs of WASH icon.png|alt=Capital Maintenance Expenditure (CapManEx)|width=85|link=Capital Maintenance Expenditure (CapManEx)}} <br> [[Capital Maintenance Expenditure (CapManEx) | Capital Maintenance <br>Expenditure (CapManEx)]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=Costs of WASH icon.png|alt=Financial & Economic Costs & Benefits|width=85|link=Financial & Economic Costs & Benefits}} <br> [[Financial & Economic Costs & Benefits | Financial & Economic <br>Costs & Benefits]]|} {|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=Costs of WASH icon.png|alt=Cost of Capital (CoC)|width=85|link=Cost of Capital (CoC)}} <br> [[Cost of Capital (CoC)]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=Costs of WASH icon.png|alt=Expenditure Direct Support (ExpDS)|width=85|link=Expenditure Direct Support (ExpDS)}} <br> [[Expenditure Direct Support (ExpDS) | Expenditure Direct <br>Support (ExpDS)]]|}{|style="height:135px" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=financing streams icon.png|alt=Financing Sanitation, Paper Series I-4|width=85|link=Financing Sanitation, Paper Series I-4}} <br> [[Financing Sanitation, Paper Series I-4|Financing Sanitation, <br>Paper Series I-4]]|} <!-- Content Column 1 ends here -->|align="center" width="25%" | <!-- Content Column 2 starts here -->{|style="height:135px"|align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=financing streams icon.png|alt=Financing Sources - Introduction|width=85|link=Financing Sources - Introduction}} <br>[[Financing Sources - Introduction | Introduction]]{|style="border: 1px solid #dedede; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff" align="center" width="85%" |The main financing sources to recover the costs of sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene service delivery are (a collaboration combination of) taxes levied by national governments, transfers made by development partners, and tariffs paid by users of a service.|}|}{|style="height:135px" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=financing streams icon.png|alt=Taxes|width=85|link=Taxes}} <br> [[Taxes]]|}{|style="height:135px" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=financing streams icon.png|alt=Transfers|width=85|link=Transfers}} <br> [[Transfers]]|}{|style="height:135px" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=financing streams icon.png|alt=Transfers - Available Funds|width=85|link=Transfers - Available Funds}} <br> [[Transfers - Available Funds | Transfers - <br>Available Funds]]|}{|style="height:135px" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=financing streams icon.png|alt=Tariffs|width=85|link=Tariffs}} <br> [[Tariffs]]|} {|style="height:135px" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=financing streams icon.png|alt=Subsidies|width=85|link=Subsidies}} <br> [[Subsidies|Subsidies]]|}<!-- Content Column 2 ends here -->|align="center" width="25%" style="background:#efefef;" | <!-- Content Column 3 starts here -->{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=Monitoring Finance - Introduction|width=85|link=Monitoring Finance - Introduction}}<br>[[Monitoring Finance - Introduction | Introduction]]{|style="border: 1px solid #dedede; text-align: center; background-color: #efefef" align="center" width="85%" |An overview of tools, such as the Millenium Development Goals (MDG) Costing and Financing tool, as they are available to governments, NGOs and donors. Use these tools to monitor the costs of sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene service delivery and to inform planning.|}|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=Life Cycle Cost Approach|width=85|link=Life Cycle Cost Approach}}<br> [[Life Cycle Cost Approach | Life Cycle<br> Cost Approach]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=Budget Allocation and Resource Planning|width=85|link=Budget Allocation and Resource Planning}} <br> [[Budget Allocation and Resource Planning|Budget Allocation <br>and Resource Planning]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=Technology Applicability Framework (TAF)|width=85|link=Technology Applicability Framework (TAF)}}<br> [[Technology Applicability Framework (TAF)|Technology Applicability<br>Framework (TAF)]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=FEASIBLE|width=85|link=FEASIBLE}}<br> [[FEASIBLE]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=SWIFT|width=85|link=SWIFT}}<br> [[ SWIFT | SWIFT ]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=MDG Costing and Financing|width=85|link=MDG Costing and Financing}}<br> [[MDG Costing and Financing|MDG Costing <br>and Financing]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=Water and Sanitation Needs Assessment Tool|width=85|link=Water and Sanitation Needs Assessment Tool}}<br> [[Water and Sanitation Needs Assessment Tool|Water and Sanitation<br>Needs Assessment Tool]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=Water Supply Costing Processor (WSCP)|width=85|link=Water Supply Costing Processor (WSCP)}}<br> [[Water Supply Costing Processor (WSCP) | Water Supply<br>Costing Processor (WSCP)]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=The Borehole Costing Model|width=85|link=The Borehole Costing Model}}<br> [[The Borehole Costing Model | The Borehole<br>Costing Model]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=City Sanitation Plan|width=85|link=City Sanitation Plan}}<br> [[City Sanitation Plan]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=Suivi Technique et Financier (STeFI)|width=85|link=Suivi Technique et Financier (STeFI)}}<br> [[Suivi Technique et Financier (STeFI) | Suivi Technique<br>et Financier (STeFI)]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=WASHCost Calculator|width=85|link=WASHCost Calculator}}<br> [[WASHCost Calculator]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=Sector Investment Plan|width=85|link=Sector Investment Plan}}<br> [[Sector Investment Plan]]|}{|style="height:135px; background:#efefef" |align="center" valign="top"| {{Icon|file=monitoring finance icon.png|alt=Business Development Toolkit|width=85|link=Business Development Toolkit}} <br> [[Business Development Toolkit|Business Development <br>Toolkit]]|} <!-- Content Column 3 ends here --><!-- RSS Feeds start here --> |align="center" width="15%" style="border:none; background:#ffffff; vertical-align:top;" |{|style="vertical-align:top; height:135px; background:#ffffff;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10" |<br>{{YouTube|id=Gkzf0zBgPHM|caption=IRC International WASHCost <br> ANIMATION}}<br>|style="background:#ffffff; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:center; color:#000; padding:0.4em 0.2em;"|Recent Questions|-|<div class="floatright" align=right ></div><rss max=7>http://www.ircwash.org/topic/83/rss.xml</rss>|}|} <br>===Field experiences===The following project(s) make use of finance methods or sources.<br>{|style="border: 2px solid #e0e0e0; width: 80%; text-align: justify; background-color: #e9f5fd;" cellpadding="2"<!--rsr logo here-->|- style="vertical-align: top"|[[Image:akvorsr logo_lite.png|center|60px|link=http://akvo.org/products/rsr/]]<!--project blocks here-->|- style="vertical-align: bottom"|[[Image:project 494.png |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http://rsr.akvo.org//project/494/ RSR Project 494]<br>Kajiado <br>WASH Programme</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org//project/494/ ]] |[[Image:project 545.png |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http://rsr.akvo.org//project/545/ RSR Project 545]<br>Rain Water Harvesting <br>in Nepal</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org//project/545/ ]] |[[Image:project 662.png |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http://rsr.akvo.org//project/662/ RSR Project 662]<br>WASH Alliance Policy Influencing Programme</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org//project/662/ ]] |[[Image:project 451.png |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http://rsr.akvo.org//project/451/ RSR Project 451]<br>Northern Uganda WASH Alliance Project</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org//project/451/ ]] |} <br>===Finance Manuals and Sanitation CentreLinks===* [http://www.indiawaterportal.org/sites/indiawaterportal.org/files/market_led_approach_to_rural_sanitation_monitor_inclusive_markets.pdf A market led, evidence based, approach to rural sanitation]. By Arpit Shah, Jithamithra Thathachari, Rishi Agarwal and Ashish Karamchandani. November 2013. Hosted by [http://www.indiawaterportal.org/ India Water Portal]. ===Acknowledgements===[[Image:IRC new logo.png|right|50px|link=http://www.ircwash.org/|]]Much of the material in this section is sourced from [http://www.ircwash.org/ IRC].
