Enabling environment

USAID’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Finance (WASH-FIN) program has been implemented since 2016 with the objective of closing financing gaps to achieve universal access to water and sanitation services through sustainable and creditworthy business models, increased public funding, and expanded market finance for infrastructure investment. The program has so far helped raise over USD 68.4 million in 8 countries in Africa and Asia, showing that it is possible to leverage private financing to the sector.

Action Idea #3 has been divided into three projects: (1) Strengthening the enabling policy environment for safely managed sanitation; (2) Promote wide adoption of sanitation as a utility service and (3) Demonstration of emerging commercial to advance sanitation. Achieving sustainable sanitation requires combined efforts from multiple partners. Sessions under this action idea shall convene government stakeholders, regulators, private sector, and civil society actors.