{"id":5814,"date":"2025-05-10T05:34:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T05:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erbs.nl\/evaluation-of-the-water-finance-facility\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T05:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T05:34:33","slug":"evaluation-of-the-water-finance-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erbs.nl\/en\/evaluation-of-the-water-finance-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation of the Water Finance Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands supported the set-up of the Water Finance Facility (WFF). The WFF aimed to establish national water finance facilities in several developing countries for private financing of infrastructure investment in water and sanitation. The Ministry\u2019s support was concentrated on trying to establish the Kenya Pooled Water Finance facility. The \u00a0evaluation focused on why the attempt was not successful and on learnings from the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Period of implementation: June-December 2023<\/p>\n\n<p>Report: Niek de Jong, Erik Klaassens, Joyce Onyango Odhiambo and Nico van der Windt. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.nl\/ministries\/ministry-of-foreign-affairs\/documents\/reports\/2023\/12\/01\/evaluation-of-the-water-finance-facility\">Evaluation of the Water Finance Facility \u2013 Final Report<\/a>. Commissioned by the Department of Inclusive Green Growth of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam. December 2023.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands supported the set-up of the Water Finance Facility (WFF). The WFF aimed to establish national water finance facilities in several developing countries for private financing of infrastructure investment in water and sanitation. 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