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1 Lazurko, Anita; Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, M. A. 2018. Financing resource recovery and reuse in developing and emerging economies: enabling environment, financing sources and cost recovery. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 39p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 11) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.220]
Resource recovery ; Resource management ; Water reuse ; Economic development ; Financing ; Cost recovery ; Investment ; Incentives ; Market economies ; Credit policies ; Developing countries ; Development policies ; Regulations ; Stakeholders ; Funding ; Loans ; Grants ; Agreements ; Risk management ; Public-private cooperation ; Partnerships ; Value chain ; Carbon markets ; Payment for ecosystem services ; State intervention ; Cost benefit analysis ; Environmental management ; Waste management ; Water management ; Equity ; Communities ; Energy recovery
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049025)
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Resource recovery and reuse (RRR) of domestic and agro-industrial waste has the potential to contribute to a number of financial, socioeconomic and environmental benefits. However, despite these benefits and an increasing political will, there remain significant barriers to build the required up-front capital which is discouraging private sector engagement. A systematic analysis and understanding of the enabling environment, public and private funding sources, risk-sharing mechanisms and pathways for cost recovery can help to identify opportunities to improve the viability of RRR solutions. This report looks at regulations and policies that remove disincentives for RRR, public and private funding sources for capital and operational costs, risk mitigation options through blending and structuring finance, and options for operational cost recovery.
2 Lazurko, Anita. 2018. Assessing the value of resource recovery and reuse: social, environmental and economic costs and benefits for value creation and human well-being. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 41p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 13) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.229]
Resource recovery ; Resource management ; Water reuse ; Socioeconomic environment ; Environmental impact assessment ; Economic value ; Economic growth ; Cost benefit analysis ; Wastewater treatment ; Agroindustrial sector ; Agricultural wastes ; Industrial wastes ; Organic wastes ; Municipal wastes ; Solid wastes ; Food wastes ; Waste disposal ; Waste management ; Faecal sludge ; Decision making ; Decision analysis ; Farming systems ; Ecosystem services ; Equity ; Groundwater management ; Energy generation ; Biogas ; Composting ; Anaerobic digesters ; Rural communities ; Developing countries ; Fortification ; Social aspects ; Living standards ; Urban areas ; Nutrients ; Case studies / Spain / Italy / China / Israel / Thailand / Eastern Africa / Italy / Iraq / Malaysia / Ghana / USA
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049081)
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To understand the full value of Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR), a systematic assessment approach that balances complexity with practicality is required. This report highlights the methods available for quantifying and valuing social, environmental and economic costs and benefits of RRR, focusing on Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) as the primary framework. Rather than prescribing a standardized technique for conducting CBA for RRR, this report presents broad frameworks and several examples that can be catered to individual contexts. This results in a suggested eight-step process accompanied with suggested assessment techniques which have to be tailored to the type of question the assessment is meant to answer and related system boundaries.
3 Lazurko, Anita; Lautze, Jonathan; Villholth, Karen G. 2020. Joint strategic action plan for the Ramotswa Transboundary Aquifer Area. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 8p.
International waters ; Groundwater management ; Strategy planning ; Action plans ; Aquifers ; International cooperation ; Sustainability ; Monitoring ; Stakeholders ; Institutions ; SADC countries / South Africa / Botswana / Ramotswa Transboundary Aquifer Area
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050172)
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