The note documents the key points from a multi-stakeholder workshop on Public Financing for Water and Sanitation held in March 2019. It captures the policy and implementation issues around decentralized financing as envisaged under 14th Finance Commission and derives lessons for improving the public financing for rural local bodies in the two states of Odisha and Bihar and for strengthening the roles of rural local bodies in efficiently imparting public services, especially water and sanitation related services.
Author: Watershed India
Location: India
Language: English
Type: Country / Annual Report