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Financing and Valuation
Safer water, better health:
Costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health
World Health Organization (WHO), 2008 (2.6 MB)
Regional and Global Costs of Attaining the Water Supply and Sanitation Target (Target 10) of the Millennium Development Goals
WHO, 2008 (424 KB)
Recommendations for Payment for Ecosystem Services in Integrated Water Resources Management
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, 2007 (14.8 MB - large file!)
Task Force on Financing Water for All - Report 1
Enhancing Access to Finance for Local Governments, Financing Water for Agriculture
World Water Council (WWC), 2006 (1 MB)
Costing MDG Target 10 on Water Supply and Sanitation:
Comparative Analysis, Obstacles and Recommendations
WWC, 2006 (1.1 MB)
Stakeholder-oriented valuation to support water resources management processes
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Water Report 30, 2006 (1.4 MB)
Valuing and Charging for Water
World Water Development Report 2, Chapter 12
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), 2006 (692 KB)
Making Water a Part of Economic Development:
The Economic Benefits of Improved Water Management and Services
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and WHO, 2005 (2.8 MB)
Securing Sanitation - The Compelling Case to Address the Crisis
SIWI and WHO, 2005 (2.6 MB)
Economic valuation of water resources in agriculture
FAO Water Report 27, 2005 (4.8 MB)
Living Waters, Conserving the source of life
The Economic Values of the World’s Wetlands
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), 2004 (1.5 MB)
Financing Water For All
Report of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure
Global Water Partnership (GWP), WWC and the 3rd World Water Forum, 2003 (236 KB)
Financing water
UNW-DPAC website
World Water Development Report 2
World Health Organization (WHO):
Water, health and economics
Financing Water for All
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