The characteristics of a country’s energy sector can have negative economic consequences: a reliance on imports can have an adverse impact on a country’s current account, while heavy use of subsidies can hit government budgets hard.
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For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings
Street vendors already struggle to make enough to survive; the cost of accessing toilets and clean water only adds to that burden. WASH services are often needed several times each working day, which means that these recurring fees can be endless.
Financing for water: Understanding water security in context
This paper provides an overview of the global water security and related financing challenge, as part of series on innovative financing approaches to mobilise public and private financing for freshwater management.
Financing for water: Technological innovations in water resource management
This paper looks at the most promising technological innovations in water resource management, to provide context for explanations of anticipated financial flows. It forms the second part of a four-part series of summary papers based on research, commissioned through ICED, on innovative financing approaches to mobilise public and private financing for freshwater management.
Financing for water: Funding innovations in water resource management
This paper looks at various funding innovations in water resource management, as part of a series on innovative financing approaches to mobilise public and private financing for freshwater management.
Financing for water: Financially sustainable interventions in water resource management
This paper looks at financially sustainable interventions in water resource management, as part of a series on innovative financing approaches to mobilise public and private financing for freshwater management.
Revealing and strengthening links between WASH, productivity and wellbeing for informal vendors in Africa
Using research from Durban and Nakuru, this paper demonstrates that informal vendors’ access to WASH is often highly inadequate and can impose a range of burdens.
Surplus power generation capacity in sub-Saharan Africa
This discussion paper Identifies the countries where an energy surplus is most likely, discusses the causes of the surplus, and proposes solutions that might help to mitigate the effect of surpluses.
ICED closure event: Summary proceedings
ICED’s closure event convened key stakeholders to discuss the Facility’s outcomes, and key lessons learnt from its operation between 2016-2019. This document summarises the proceedings of the event.
A whole system approach: A guide for advisers engaging in the energy sector in developing countries
The Whole System Approach tool (WSAT) has been prepared by the Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) Facility for the Growth and Resilience Department (GRD) of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). WSAT is a tool to help advisers to analyse and understand the range of issues within the energy (and associated) sectors, to…
