Helping a New Breed of Private Water Operators Access Infrastructure Finance : Microfinance for Community Water Schemes in Kenya
Small-scale providers of water services are no longer seen as merely temporary substitutes for formal utilities. In many developing countries governments and donors increasingly view them as long-term partners in the work to extend and improve wate...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/8340311/helping-new-breed-private-water-operators-access-infrastructure-finance-microfinance-community-water-schemes-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10690 |
| Summary: | Small-scale providers of water services
are no longer seen as merely temporary substitutes for
formal utilities. In many developing countries governments
and donors increasingly view them as long-term partners in
the work to extend and improve water services, particularly
as governments accelerate efforts to meet water targets
associated with the Millennium Development Goals. But a host
of problems complicate efforts to make small-scale providers
productive partners, including their lack of access to
finance. In Kenya, a collaborative program is bringing
together community-based organizations and micro-lenders to
provide better water services to poor people -- and
generating lessons for similar initiatives. |
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