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TrackFin Initiative Summary

Core Content

The TrackFin initiative is a project led by the World Health Organization (WHO) under the UN-Water GLAAS program. It aims to develop a globally accepted methodology for tracking financing to the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector at the national level. This methodology enables countries to collect, analyze, and report financial data in a comparable format, addressing gaps in the understanding of how resources are allocated within the sector.

Main Objectives

• Define and test a standardized method for tracking WASH financing.
• Develop WASH-Accounts and indicators to answer four key questions:
  1. What is the total expenditure in the sector?
  2. How are the funds distributed between WASH services and expenditure types?
  3. Who pays for WASH services?
  4. Which entities are the main channels of funding for WASH and what is their share?

Key Benefits

• Strengthen national systems for financial data collection and analysis.
• Improve decision-making for WASH policy and programming.
• Enhance understanding of global and national resource allocation.

Implementation and Pilot Countries

TrackFin has been successfully piloted in Brazil, Ghana, and Morocco, with the following key findings:

Total Expenditure

• Brazil (2012): USD 26,911 million, USD 137 per capita, 1.2% of GDP.
• Morocco (2011): USD 2,219 million, USD 69 per capita, 2.2% of GDP.
• Ghana (2012): USD 521 million, USD 21 per capita, 1.3% of GDP.

The methodology provides an overall estimate of total expenditure, though data on hygiene and from decentralized actors remains limited.

Distribution of Funds

• Water sub-sector receives the largest share of WASH financing:
  • Ghana: 84% of drinking-water expenditure.
  • Brazil: 60% of WASH expenditure.
  • Morocco: 61% of WASH expenditure.
• Urban areas are the primary focus of funding, with:
  • Ghana: 78% of WASH expenditure.
  • Brazil: 95% of WASH expenditure.
  • Morocco: 89% of WASH expenditure.
• Capital vs. Operating Expenditure:
  • Morocco: Operating expenditure is twice that of capital investments.
  • Brazil: Only 35% of sector spending goes to investments.

Funding Sources

• Service users (households, institutions, industries):
  • Morocco: 62% of total funding via tariffs.
  • Brazil: 76% of total funding via tariffs.
• Repayable financing (loans):
  • Morocco: 22% of total funding.
  • Brazil: 13% of total funding.
• Public transfers (domestic and international):
  • Brazil: Domestic public grants account for 9%.
  • Morocco: Domestic public grants account for 11%, international grants for 2%.
  • Ghana: International grants account for 22%, repayable financing for 29%.

Main Funding Channels

• Brazil: 60% via corporate service providers, 17% via local governments, and 8.1% via federal government.
• Ghana and Morocco: Significant reliance on international and domestic public transfers, with a growing role of repayable finance.

Next Steps and Future Plans

• Reinforce TrackFin in Brazil, Ghana, and Morocco, incorporating national recommendations for a more sustainable and accurate process.
• Extend the initiative to additional countries upon request, using lessons learned and a revised guidance document.
• Improve data collection for:
  • Local government expenditures.
  • Household self-supply and hygiene.
  • NGO contributions.
• Develop reporting frameworks and nationally representative surveys to enhance data accuracy and disaggregation.
• Establish collaborative frameworks with donors to collect more detailed and disaggregated international transfer data.
• Harmonize definitions of urban and rural areas to improve geographical disaggregation.

Conclusion

TrackFin represents a significant step toward better financial transparency and accountability in the WASH sector. By standardizing data collection and reporting, it helps countries understand and improve their financing strategies. The initiative is being continuously refined based on pilot experiences and is expected to expand to more countries in the future.