The unavoidable building block in the WASH system

Published: Sept. 22, 2023, 2:45 p.m.

b"Why is finance the unavoidable building block? Listen to this podcast (5 mins) where Andy Narracott, WASH Specialist of UNICEF, talks with Catarina Fonseca, a WASH finance expert, on the essential role of finance for sustainable WASH services.\\n\\nIn this podcast, Catarina Fonseca breaks down the finance building block into two main categories; the costs of service delivery and the sources to (re)cover the costs. \\n\\nCatarina Fonseca is trained as an economist and has a doctoral degree in water sciences. She has over twenty-five years of experience in development cooperation and non-profits of which twenty in the water and sanitation sector. She has pioneered sector development on the understanding of life-cycle costs and financing.\\n\\nThis podcast was recorded for the online course 'Introducing finance for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene systems'. \\n\\nFind our more on:\\nhttps://agora.unicef.org/mod/page/view.php?id=281895\\nhttps://www.ircwash.org/news/become-a-systems-champion"