Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) was established in 2000 by Bill and Melinda Gates to enhance healthcare, reduce extreme poverty, and expand educational opportunities and access to information technology around the world. The foundation supports all countries in the areas of healthcare, education, and poverty alleviation.

At a Glance

Cumulative Project-Specific Cofinancing

$3.5 million

  

Cumulative Trust Funds Contribution

$19 million

  

The BMGF donates to the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility, which was created in 2013. The fund aims to leverage more than $28 million in investments from ADB to expand non-sewered sanitation and septage management solutions across Asia.

1 January 2014–31 December 2020 Cofinanced Project
Country Project Cofinancing Amount ($ million) Type of cofinancinga
Bangladesh Coastal Towns Environmental Infrastructure 1.6 G
Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) (Supplementary) 0.6 TA
Cambodia Second Rural Water Supply and Sanitataion Sector—Additional Financing 1.5 G
India Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Program 2 G
Indonesia Sustainable Infrastructure Assistance Program - Capacity Development for the Metropolitan Sanitation Management Investment Project (Subproject 6) (Supplementary) 0.3 TA
Mongolia Management and Reuse of Sewage Sludge from On-Site Sanitation Facilities and Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Plants 1 TA
Nepal Third Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector 1.3 G
Regional Knowledge and Innovation Support for ADB's Water Financing Program (Supplementary) 2 TA
Southeast Asia Urban Services Facility (Supplementary) 1 TA
Strengthening Regional Response to Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases in Asia and the Pacific (Supplementary) 3.5 TA

a G for grant, TA for technical assistance

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