UN-Water GLAAS TrackFin Initiative: Tracking financing to sanitation, hygiene and drinking-water at the national level

Overview

This document introduces the TrackFin (tracking financing) initiative—a methodology that tracks financial flows into and throughout the WASH sector. Tracking finance in this way enables a comprehensive understanding of what funding is available for which specific purposes, through what providers and funding channels. Evidence-based policy decisions can then be taken, and interventions more accurately targeted.

This summary document is aimed at decision-makers requiring an overview of the method and what it entails, with a particular focus on the benefits it offers at policy and strategy levels.