Water Integrity to close financing gaps in Africa

Water Integrity to close financing gaps in Africa

In 2015, the combination of the adoption of the SDGs and the Paris agreement on climate change gave a positive impulse to building transformative capacities around the globe. Only few years later, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2019 wonders if the world is sleepwalking into a crisis....

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Hlavní autor: Bastemeijer, Teun
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Jazyk:Français
Vydáno: 2019
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spelling cairn-RINDU1_193_0068RINDU1Annales des Mines - Réalités industrielles https://stm.cairn.info/revue-realites-industrielles-2019-3-page-68?lang=en https://doi.org/10.3917/rindu1.193.0068 Water Integrity to close financing gaps in Africa Bastemeijer, Teun2019 fre Annales des Mines - Réalités industrielles | Août 2019 | 3 | 2019-07-29 | p. 68-71 | 1148-7941 RINDU1_19338 In 2015, the combination of the adoption of the SDGs and the Paris agreement on climate change gave a positive impulse to building transformative capacities around the globe. Only few years later, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2019 wonders if the world is sleepwalking into a crisis. In Africa competition to gain control of land, water and mineral resources is increasingly fierce and rent-seeking by political figures, global corporations, endowment funds continues under conditions of impunity.In Africa, a reputation of high risks and poor sector performance across the board is associated with poor governance and lack of strong and accountable institutions causes a considerable investment gap. Closing that gap could be fast as soon as there are sufficient positive indications of improving sector performance.OECD principles for water governance and the Water Integrity Global Outlook with various concepts, lessons learned and integrity tools form a good initial basis to design strategies and projects to improve sector performance and gain trust. Evidence of emerging good governance and integrity practices to can help build trust and engagement among different stakeholders and make the African water sector more attractive for investors and help to close the investment gap.Cairn free access
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description In 2015, the combination of the adoption of the SDGs and the Paris agreement on climate change gave a positive impulse to building transformative capacities around the globe. Only few years later, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2019 wonders if the world is sleepwalking into a crisis. In Africa competition to gain control of land, water and mineral resources is increasingly fierce and rent-seeking by political figures, global corporations, endowment funds continues under conditions of impunity.In Africa, a reputation of high risks and poor sector performance across the board is associated with poor governance and lack of strong and accountable institutions causes a considerable investment gap. Closing that gap could be fast as soon as there are sufficient positive indications of improving sector performance.OECD principles for water governance and the Water Integrity Global Outlook with various concepts, lessons learned and integrity tools form a good initial basis to design strategies and projects to improve sector performance and gain trust. Evidence of emerging good governance and integrity practices to can help build trust and engagement among different stakeholders and make the African water sector more attractive for investors and help to close the investment gap.
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Water Integrity to close financing gaps in Africa
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title Water Integrity to close financing gaps in Africa
title_short Water Integrity to close financing gaps in Africa
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title_sort water integrity to close financing gaps in africa
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