Multilateral development banks investment behaviour in water and sanitation: findings and lessons from 60 years of investment projects in Africa and Asia

cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Neuchâtelen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationÉcole de technologie supérieureen
cg.contributor.affiliationEawag-Sandecen
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2023.004en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH051889
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2043-9083en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalJournal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume13en
dc.contributor.authorHeidler, A.en
dc.contributor.authorNesi, Muhilen
dc.contributor.authorNikiema, J.en
dc.contributor.authorLuthi, C.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-30T23:44:33Zen
dc.date.available2023-04-30T23:44:33Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/130194
dc.titleMultilateral development banks investment behaviour in water and sanitation: findings and lessons from 60 years of investment projects in Africa and Asiaen
dcterms.abstractMultilateral development banks (MDBs) play a pivotal role in financing water and sanitation infrastructure projects and thus have a major impact on the development of basic services. Although information about the MDBs' investments is publicly available, it is dispersed and not easily comparable. A comprehensive compilation of MDBs' water and sanitation investments has long been lacking. To address this gap, we assess water and sanitation financing by the three MDBs most relevant to Africa and Asia between 1960 and 2020: the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. We compile a new dataset by drawing on 3,639 water and sanitation projects and assess territorial trends, technology choices, distribution of financial burdens, and reforms to institutional arrangements. We find that MDBs' investments align with changing patterns of urbanization and increasingly finance sanitation infrastructures including non-sewered technologies. However, our results also suggest that institutional reforms have addressed utility efficiency through investment in equipment and skills rather than through increased commercialization and private sector participation. The leverage effect of MDB investment on private financing is negligible, whereas co-financing from local governments dominates.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2023-04-20
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHeidler, A.; Nesi, Muhil; Nikiema, J.; Luthi, C. 2023. Multilateral development banks investment behaviour in water and sanitation: findings and lessons from 60 years of investment projects in Africa and Asia. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 12p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2023.004]en
dcterms.extentp. 362-374en
dcterms.issued2023-05-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherIWA Publishingen
dcterms.subjectwater supplyen
dcterms.subjectsustainable development goalsen
dcterms.subjectgoal 6 clean water and sanitationen
dcterms.subjectmultilateral organizationsen
dcterms.subjectdevelopment banksen
dcterms.subjectinvestmenten
dcterms.subjectinstitutional reformen
dcterms.subjectpublic-private partnershipsen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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