Publication: Helping a New Breed of Private Water Operators Access Infrastructure Finance : Microfinance for Community Water Schemes in Kenya
Date
2007-05
ISSN
Published
2007-05
Author(s)
Mehta, Meera
Virjee, Kameel
Njoroge, Serah
Abstract
Small-scale providers of water services
are no longer seen as merely temporary substitutes for
formal utilities. In many developing countries governments
and donors increasingly view them as long-term partners in
the work to extend and improve water services, particularly
as governments accelerate efforts to meet water targets
associated with the Millennium Development Goals. But a host
of problems complicate efforts to make small-scale providers
productive partners, including their lack of access to
finance. In Kenya, a collaborative program is bringing
together community-based organizations and micro-lenders to
provide better water services to poor people -- and
generating lessons for similar initiatives.
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Citation
“Mehta, Meera; Virjee, Kameel; Njoroge, Serah. 2007. Helping a New Breed of Private Water Operators Access Infrastructure Finance : Microfinance for Community Water Schemes in Kenya. Gridlines; No. 25. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10690 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”