Financing for the Realization of the Rights to Water and Sanitation 2011, para. 26

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Government support is for several reasons therefore necessary to ensure financing. First, it is often the primary source of funding for capital-intensive infrastructure projects, such as building wastewater treatment facilities. Indeed, in cases in which expanding access involves working in unserved and impoverished areas, such as slums or other informal settlements, where initial costs are high and short-term returns on investment are low, States may be the only actors willing and able to deliver on a major scale.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Poverty
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Other
Paragraph number
26