Impact Bond: Cambodia Rural Sanitation Development Impact Bond
Stage of development: Implementation
Policy sector: Poverty reduction
Social challenge: Cambodia has seen significant progress in increasing rural sanitation coverage over the last 15 years, with national coverage rates rising from 20% to 74.6% in 2020. The Royal Government of Cambodia has now set the ambition of eradicating open defecation by 2025 as part of its National Action Plan for Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene II. However, the challenge of realising universal sanitation coverage in Cambodia is getting harder as the focus shifts to the poorest, the most marginalised, and the hardest to reach populations.
Intervention: This DIB is the first one in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector and aims to end open defecation in 1600 villages across six provinces in Cambodia. Through the DIB, the Stone Foundation will invest in iDE’s market-based sanitation program, which trains and coaches sales agents to sell toilets to households and communities and works with businesses, such as cement companies, to expand into the toilet business. The outcomes focus of the DIB provides flexibility for iDE to evolve its programme in a complex and constantly changing market—especially important as iDE tests new strategies for reaching the poorest and most vulnerable households
Start of service provision: 2019-11
Target population: Rural communities across six provinces in Cambodia: Svay Rieng, Kandal, Prey Veng, Kampong Thom, Siem Reap and Oddar Meanchey. With a focus on poorer and harder-to-reach groups including women, children, people living with disabilities and older people.
Targeted number of service users or beneficiaries: 1600
Targeted unit type: Other
Targeted unit description: villages