Among low-income consumers, at least 600 million people could access water and sanitation products, services, and upgrades if affordable financing was made available, equating to a $35 billion dollar market over the next decade.¹

Many local financial institutions are unable to source consistent capital to expand access to water and sanitation financing. As a result, only a small percentage of the demand is being met, leaving hundreds of millions of potential clients without access to affordable financing for their WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) needs.

WaterEquity’s financial institutions investment strategy focuses on providing debt capital to financial institutions in emerging markets to expand water and sanitation lending to underserved households and enterprises. These financial institutions use this capital to grow their water and sanitation microloan portfolios, as well as to on-lend to local enterprises delivering water and sanitation products and services.

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