Member's Documents
Evaluation of EIB support for the water sector outside the European Union (From 2010 to 2021)
Published by: Evaluation (EV), European Investment Bank
The evaluation finds that despite delays EIB water projects are leading to the expected results. Projects were highly relevant, aligned to the needs of the sector and of strong technical quality. They made a positive contribution to environmental sustainability and climate action, for example, by introducing energy efficiency measures. Completed projects were being used as intended but tariffs and governance arrangements of the sector threatened their longer term sustainability. Development effects were evident but not optimised; with the EIB focussed mainly on the infrastructure construction, while relying on others working in the sector to tackle the necessary sector reforms.
