Publication: Making Headway in the Water Sector: GWSP's contribution to Achieving Results in Nine Countries
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2025-01-03
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2025-01-03
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The Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership (GWSP) was launched in 2017 as an international partnership to support countries to meet the targets related to water and sanitation under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly those of SDG 6. GWSP is a platform for collaboration and support, providing client countries and development partners with global knowledge, innovations, and country-level technical support while leveraging World Bank resources and financial instruments. GWSP-funded knowledge and technical assistance influence the design and implementation of government policies and programs, as well as water sector investments and reforms carried out by client countries with the support of the World Bank and other partners. The GWSP Results Framework streamlines the tracking and reporting of results using standardized indicators grouped into three blocks. The third block -Block C- includes qualitative and quantitative assessments of the influence and impact of knowledge and technical assistance on lending operations of the Global Department for Water in nine priority countries, based on agreed-upon indicators, at intervals over the life of the GWSP. These countries represent the geographic and socioeconomic diversity of GWSP’s portfolio. From fiscal year (FY) 2018 to FY24, these countries included the Arab Republic of Egypt, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Pakistan, the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, and Uganda. In FY24, country teams completed end-of-term monitoring forms to document results and the contributions of GWSP-funded knowledge and technical assistance in strengthening institutions, regulatory and policy environments, and investments in water, sanitation, hygiene, climate-resilient irrigation, and water resources management. This report summarizes the results achieved as of June 30,2024.
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“World Bank. 2025. Making Headway in the Water Sector: GWSP's contribution to Achieving Results in Nine Countries. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42602 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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