Past investment levels were low and investments were predominantly financed by external donors.

A large array of external public donors support the water and sanitation sector in Zambia.

Investments are funded by external donors through soft loans provided to the government of Armenia.

This approach is limited to Cairo and Alexandria where external donors had become less keen to provide assistance.

Investments are mostly financed by the government with the support of external donors.

Under this new institutional arrangement, investments continued to be mostly financed by external donors.

This has been achieved to a large extent through the construction of handpumps with the support of external donors.

External funding is also common (see section on external donors).

Several external donors have been active in the sector for decades.

According to another estimate, more than 96% of expected financing in 2006 will be from external donors.