The Philippine Water Revolving Fund (PWRF) was set up in 2008 to provide loans to water service providers—local government units (LGUs) and water districts (WDs)to finance local water and wastewater projects....
This case study is part of a series prepared by the WorldBank’s Water Global Practice to highlight existing blended finance experiences in the water sector. Blended finance refers to “the strategic use...
One of the most important lessons in economics is that productivity is key to economic growth. Productivity is defined in economic theory as the ratio of output over input. Productivity is mainly driven...
Type: BriefReport#: 108092Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kim,Young Eun ;
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Meza Cuadra Balcazar,Claudia Maria
Over the last decade, Kenya has experimented with different ways of using blended finance to leverage commercial financing from domestic banks. Many such efforts have focused onusing Output-Based Aid (OBA)...
Type: BriefReport#: 107977Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
In India, roughly 60 percent of all health expenditure is paid out of pocket. This prevents manypoor and lower middle class families from seeking healthcare out of fear of not being able toafford it. The...
To support a local water conservation project, the Municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz (Mexico) and its Municipal Water Company (OPDM) issued unsecured revenue bondson the local capital market through...
Type: BriefReport#: 107978Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
Since 2007, the World Bank Group’s Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has provided technical assistance to the Government of Indonesia to help develop and shape the implementation of its national rural...
Following decentralization in Colombia during the 1980s, many municipalities faced challenges accessing finance for development projects, having had little or no previous experience borrowing long-term...
Type: BriefReport#: 107973Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
Investment in early childhood programming is increasing in response to convincing evidence on the benefits of supporting the social, emotional, and cognitive development of young children. As countries...
To improve and strengthen food security in Eurasia, the World Bank is supporting the Eurasian Center for Food Security, which was established in 2011 by the Russian Federation in response to L’Aquila Food...
Type: BriefReport#: 180021Date: August 1, 2016Author:
World Bank
The State of Jharkhand is one of the poorer states in India with 30 million people. The Public health infrastructure in the state, which serves the majority of the population, faces severe capacity constraints,...
A combination of non-sovereign concessional lending, guarantees, grants, and technical assistance has been used to leverage local commercial finance and equity investments so as to accelerate access to...
To address vital wastewater infrastructure needs, the Municipality of Rustenburg created the Rustenburg Water Services Trust (RWST) to finance and upgrade infrastructure. The Trust secured revenues from...
Type: BriefReport#: 107980Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
A blended financial package was put in place to finance the expansion ofthe As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant. The projectwas undertaken by the Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant Company Limited (SPC),...
Type: BriefReport#: 107976Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
Since September 2014, world crude oil prices have fallen by more than half, setting a new low at 30 US dollars a barrel (Brent crude) in February 2016. Since then, prices rallied to 50 dollars a barrel...
Type: BriefReport#: 108677Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Mottaghi,Lili
These nine case studies were prepared by the World Bank’s Water Global Practice to highlight existing blended finance experiences in the water sector. Blended finance refers to “the strategic use of development...
South Africa is under threat of a downgrade to its sovereign credit rating since Standard and Poors(S&P) lowered its foreign-currency long-term credit rating from BBB to BBB- in June 2014, with Fitch following...
Investment in early childhood programming is increasing in response to convincing evidence on the benefits of supporting the social, emotional, and cognitive development of young children. As countries...
Type: BriefReport#: 169585Date: July 31, 2016Author:
World Bank
Colombia is one of the first countries to begin a peace process that will take into account the effects of the internal armed conflict on “subjects of collective reparation.” The program will be implemented...
Type: BriefReport#: 179536Date: July 26, 2016Author:
World Bank
Previously un-cultivable lands are now producing good harvests as a result of the reconstruction of an ancient irrigation canal, benefiting hundreds of families. The rehabilitation of the irrigation system...
Type: BriefReport#: 179359Date: July 20, 2016Author:
World Bank
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