Sanitation and the Environment: Confronting Africa’s Urban Crisis

s the global development landscape shifts, African governments must consider self-financing models. Innovative strategies that leverage rising property values through land value capture, public-private partnerships and community land trusts can help finance sanitation infrastructure. There is growing recognition that aligning sanitation investments with environmental, social governance (ESG) principles can attract impact-oriented capital, drive accountability and embed sustainability into infrastructure planning.

Sanitation and the Environment: Confronting Africa’s Urban Crisis

s the global development landscape shifts, African governments must consider self-financing models. Innovative strategies that leverage rising property values through land value capture, public-private partnerships and community land trusts can help finance sanitation infrastructure. There is growing recognition that aligning sanitation investments with environmental, social governance (ESG) principles can attract impact-oriented capital, drive accountability and embed sustainability into infrastructure planning.

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Sanitation and the Environment: Confronting Africa’s Urban Crisis

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