PROJECT NAME
Community Sanitation Financing
CLIENT
ADB / Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, Samoa
TITLE
Finance / Subsidy Expert
COUNTRIES
Samoa
DATES
2011
SECTOR
Water & sanitation
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Strategy & Economics acted as Finance and Subsidy Design Specialist for an ADB-funded assignment designing a community-based sanitation project for Samoa.
SERVICES PROVIDED BY STRATEGY & ECONOMICS
The work entailed developing a finance and subsidy scheme (and associated eligibility criteria and assessment protocols) to be applied to households wishing to participate in the programme, developing a detailed implementation plan for development of the infrastructure (including a capacity development and public awareness plan), preparing a Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy according to ADB guidelines, and preparing a Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) grant proposal according to JFPR guidelines.