This case provides a synopsis of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project-a five-year effort launched in 2006 with $17 million in financing from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of the grant was to review to what extent market-based strategies may assist accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of home water treatment and safe storage products by low income residents.
PATH and the Safe Water Project Making Safe Water Products More Affordable Case Study Solution
One of the essential aims of the effort was to investigate how the private sector might help make HWTS products cheaper. By running a portfolio of field-based pilots in collaboration with commercial partners, the PATH team sought to better understand the consequence of consumer financing, different pricing, and subsidy models on demand within low income people in the developing countries. Over the many years, the Safe Water Project team conducted test with distinct affordability versions, including microfinance loans for water filters plus a layaway system. Although particular results changed across the pilots, who crossed India, Cambodia, and Kenya, they collectively gave rise to series of important insights about the affordability of HWTS products.
PUBLICATION DATE: April 01, 2013 PRODUCT #: OIT109-PDF-ENG
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