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Developing Next Generation Health Financing Instruments for Households: Drawing on Lessons Learned

Top ten lessons for designing effective health financing products
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Gateway Guide to Pay-As-You-Go Financing for Basic Services

Learn more about this innovative business model which is helping more low-income customers access essential services such as electricity, water and cooking fuel. Explore FinDev Gateway's latest publications, webinars and blog posts on PAYGo financing.

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Productive Versus Consumption Loans: A Distinction That Hurts Rather Than Helps

Water.org explains why water and sanitation loans have high repayment rates and should be prioritized by MFIs, and makes a call to all microfinance professionals to reject the misguided labeling of loans as either productive or for consumption only.

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Mobilising Finance for WASH: Getting the Foundation Right

Will investment in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector yield returns?
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WaterCredit: Catalyzing Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation in Bangladesh

Recommendations for increasing influence and uptake of water supply and sanitation financing
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Smart Meters to Enhance Access to Water Services in Rural Africa

Addressing the three important challenges that limit the provision of basic utilities to the poor
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Microfinance for Water and Sanitation: Opportunities and Challenges for MFIs

A case for household investments for WASH financing
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Water and Sanitation in Dhaka’s Low-Income Settlements, Bangladesh

How low-income families pay for water and sanitation services
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Breakthroughs for Healthy Birth: What “Health Diaries” Tell Us About Financial and Medical Preparation for Giving Birth Among Women in West Bengal and Jharkhand

How do families in India manage the costs of prenatal care and childbirth?
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Breakthroughs in Affordable Health Care: What ‘Health Diaries’ Tell Us About Managing Health Care and Costs Among Women in West Bengal and Jharkhand

Key findings from surveys conducted with 45 women in two Indian states