Universal Access to Drinking Water: the Role of Aid

Robert Bain, Rolf Luyendijk and Jamie Bartram

No wp-2013-088, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Financing and the role of aid within the water sector are poorly understood. We estimate the levels of spending achieved in developing countries during the Millennium Development Goals period to be US$80 billion per year. Aid represented a substantial proportion of total sector financing in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania (25 and 10 per cent, respectively) but less in other regions. Longitudinal analysis shows no detectable effect of volume of aid on progress. Importantly, we were unable to evaluate 'catalytic' aid.

Keywords: Economic assistance and foreign aid; Public goods; Public utilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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