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The Finance Portal gives an overview of financial mechanisms the costs of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (grantWASH) service delivery, the financing sources to recover the costs, loans and equity) that are available for tools and systems to monitor the financing of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects or businesses service delivery in developing countries.
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[[Costs of WASH Service Delivery - Introduction| Introduction]]
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|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.
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[[Financing Sources - Introduction | Introduction]]
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|The main financing sources to recover the costs of sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene service delivery are (a combination of) taxes levied by national governments, transfers made by development partners, and tariffs paid by users of a service.
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[[Monitoring Finance - Introduction | Introduction]]
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|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.
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|'''[[European Funds]] »'''||List of EU grants<div class="floatright" align=right ></ loans for WASH projectsdiv><rss number=5>http:/ businesses/knowledgepoint.org/feeds/rss/?tags=Finance</rss>
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|'''[[Bilateral Funds]] »! <h2 style="margin:0;'''||List of government funds for WASH projectsbackground:#ffffff; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:center; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">News and Recent Publications</ businesses h2>
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|'''[[Multilateral Funds]] »'''||List of International funds for WASH projects <div class="floatright" align=right ></ businessesdiv><rss number=15>http://www.source.irc.nl/mysource/feed/17040</rss>
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|'''[[Foundations]] »'''||List of foundations that have funds available for WASH projects/ businesses|-|'''[[Social Venture Funds]] »'''||List of Social Venture funds that invest in WASH projects/ businesses.}
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