Financing the Water and Sanitation Sectors: A Hybrid Literature Review
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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Infrastructures 2021, 6(1), 9; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures6010009
Received: 5 December 2020 / Revised: 8 January 2021 / Accepted: 11 January 2021 / Published: 14 January 2021
To ensure the sustainable development of the water and wastewater (WSS) sectors, new and more investments are needed. However, private financing in these sectors has not been successfully leveraged. This study conducted a systematic literature review of peer-reviewed papers in this field, to provide an overview of how researchers have been studying the financing endeavors of the WSS sectors. A three-part framework was carried out: retrieval of papers from search engines (Scopus and ASCE Library), focused on the title, abstract, and keywords; process of elimination of papers; and analysis of the selected papers based on the hybrid method combining a systematic quantitative review, a semantic network analysis, and a narrative analysis. This research resulted in the identification of four most studied areas: sustainable development; water management and public finance; project financing; and public policy. Future research should focus on existing financing instruments and how these can specifically be applied in the WSS sectors successfully. This paper makes several contributions to the literature because it addresses and emphasizes the most important financing issues in WSS, reviews the insights found, and discusses the future research needs. In addition, it demonstrates the benefits of using a hybrid methodology that could be adopted in other literature review studies.
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Keywords:
financing; water; wastewater; sanitation; literature review; SDG
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Machete, I.; Marques, R. Financing the Water and Sanitation Sectors: A Hybrid Literature Review. Infrastructures 2021, 6, 9. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures6010009
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Machete I, Marques R. Financing the Water and Sanitation Sectors: A Hybrid Literature Review. Infrastructures. 2021; 6(1):9. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures6010009
Chicago/Turabian StyleMachete, Inês; Marques, Rui. 2021. "Financing the Water and Sanitation Sectors: A Hybrid Literature Review" Infrastructures 6, no. 1: 9. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures6010009
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