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Pledges to Loss & Damage Fund at COP28: Calling For Accountability in Climate Finance
We welcome the overdue establishment of the Loss and Damage Fund and call for stronger mechanisms to hold wealthy nations to account.
Dec 8, 20235 min read


Making Better Use of Public Funds for Water through Participation and Integrity (Integrity Talk 8)
Available public funds for water and santation often fail to be used effectively or do not reach those most in need. How to move forward?
Nov 17, 20238 min read


Water and Sanitation Finance: Patching the Holes in the Bucket
Options for reducing the water and sanitation sector funding gap through better use of existing resources
Nov 3, 20235 min read


Water and Sanitation Finance: Upcoming New Water Integrity Global Outlook
We're writing blogs and articles to address reader questions on finance and integrity. We're also happy to collaborate and cowrite with...
Sep 25, 20232 min read


Water and Sanitation Finance: The Challenge with Blended Finance
Part 1 of our series on integrity risks and opportunities for water and sanitation finance.
Sep 25, 20236 min read


How to Deal with Inflation and Ensure Affordable Water and Sanitation Services? (Integrity Talk 4)
On the impact of inflation on water and sanitation tariffs, the ways to make services affordable and the role of integrity for HRWS
Aug 9, 20238 min read


Governments, Pay Your Water Bills
Unpaid bills by public institutions have a major impact on utility finances and undermine service delivery to people
Aug 4, 20231 min read


Climate Adaptation and Maladaptation in the Water Sector
Putting water integrity at the heart of climate work for climate justice and effective adaptation.
Aug 4, 20232 min read


Water Integrity is Missing from the Climate Debate; Here’s Why That Has to Change
Billions of dollars are flowing through relatively untested channels into the water sector, which is vulnerable to corruption.
May 16, 20224 min read


Enhancing Integrity to Avoid Maladaptation
Corruption threatens to derail climate action. A preventive integrity approach must be built in from project start
Nov 11, 20212 min read


A Zambian campaign for public institutions to pay their water bills
An interview with Bubala Muyovwe of the NGO wash forum for 'Governments: Pay Your Water Bills'.
Jul 6, 20216 min read


When Public Institutions Don’t Pay their Water Bills, they Push Water Utilities To Service Failure
Non-payment of water bills by public entities is common and has major impact on utility finances, especially during covid crisis
Feb 7, 20214 min read


Governments, Pay Your Water Bills!
Non-payment and empty promises are undermining
the human rights to water and sanitation
Oct 5, 20201 min read


Quantifying the Effects of Corruption on the Water and Sanitation Sector in Latin America
Analysis suggests that decisive policy reform reducing risks by about two-thirds could result in substantial savings for water sector
Oct 5, 20201 min read


Money Down the Drain: Corruption in South Africa's Water Sector
Corruption in the water and sanitation sector in South Africa has put the water security of businesses and households, at high risk.
Aug 11, 20202 min read


What is Integrity Readiness for Climate Finance and Why is it Necessary in the Water Sector?
Global climate finance is flowing to the water sector for climate adaptation. But as for all major finance flows, corruption is a big risk
Mar 10, 20204 min read


How can integrity help bridge the financing gap in WASH?
Corruption is draining water sector finances; looking away doesn’t help.
Aug 19, 20196 min read


Pipes, Policy, and Public Money
How to strengthen integrity in public financial management to increase WASH sector efficiency and accountability towards citizens in Kenya
Aug 12, 20193 min read


Water Integrity as an Opportunity: The Relation between Climate Change Finance and the Water Sector
Overview of challenges related to corruption in the waÂter sector in the context of climate change finance and of opportunities for change
Aug 11, 20192 min read


Putting Equity and Integrity at the Centre of Climate Adaptation
Research into key elements required in climate adaptation frameworks and institutional arrangements to achieve just climate adaptation
Jul 15, 20191 min read
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