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Sector learning is a new thematic area of the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. Sector learning seeks to systemise the capture and sharing of experiences in the WASH sector and to develop the sector's capacity to reflect on the lessons. It provides a framework at the national level to... Read more...
The Asian Development Bank's support for public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure development in general was rated "successful," a special evaluation study concludes. Read more...
The financial transparency of urban local bodies (ULBs) in the south Indian state of Kerala has increased thanks to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) project. The municipal corporations of Cochin and Trivandrum now publish their financial accounts online. Read more...
Hasina, 12 ans, étudie sous une tente qui fait office de salle de classe temporaire à Tanambe, après que son école eut été détruite par les inondations provoquées par les cyclones début 2008. « Je n'aurais jamais pensé qu'on allait pouvoir retourner à l'école si vite », dit-il Read more...
La disponibilité de l'eau potable et de toilettes vient de s'améliorer pour les Pahariyas, un groupe vivant dans les villages reculés de l'Etat à prédominance tribale de Jharkhand, en Inde. Read more...
It is estimated that 19 million people in South Africa are rural survivalists with traditional agrarian lifestyles, and over 15 million are living below the poverty line. Levels of food security have been increased in some villages using in-field rainwater harvesting (IRWH) and conservation. Read more...
The Water Research Commission (WRC) has completed yet another study that aims to meet the water quality requirements of people in South Africa. Read more...
Kinshasa, Avril 17 2009 : Le Comité National d’Action de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement (CNAEA), l’institution gouvernementale en charge de la coordination sectorielle, a organisé à Kinshasa du 14 au 16 avril 2009 les premières Journées Portes Ouvertes (JPO) du secteur de l´eau potable et de l’... Read more...
When Save the Children launched its School Health and Nutrition (SHN) program in Mangochi, Malawi in 1998, only 42 percent of schools had access to clean water and none had hand-washing facilities. Only 54 percent of schools had separate facilities for girls. In 2003, when Save the Children... Read more...
An overview of Save the Children's School Health and Nutrition program in Bangladesh. Read more...
A report on improving water utility services through delegated management in Kenya Read more...
In Ethiopia's Southern Nations Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR) an innovative programme has promoted latrine construction and use, hand washing and safe water storage and handling. The intervention is an example of how visionary government leadership can create the political momentum for... Read more...
The "Raising Citizens' Voice in the Regulation of Water Services" is a public education initiative driven by the National Regulator (currently within the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF). Read more...
Dinajpur district residents have stopped defecating in the open because of the children's total sanitation campaign that follows a radical community-led approach. Whistle blowing is a favorite pastime among children in the villages of Dinajpur district in northern Bangladesh. They would blow their... Read more...
After decades of conflict, Cambodian water planners are struggling to provide supplies to urban residents. Many households do not use water from a network connection. Instead they rely on dirty and unreliable sources. Getting poor householders connected is unlikely without subsidies and regulatory... Read more...
The Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) has transformed sewage systems in low income, informal settlements ('katchi abadi'), where 60 percent of Karachi's population lives. OPP has challenged development approaches, which are very technical and overly-dependent on government and donor support. Such... Read more...
The residents of Sudhamnagar, a slum community in Bangalore, made the big leap from defecating in the open until 2007 to having household latrines in 2009, proving that once people understand what they're missing, they will find ways to get it. Read more...
An estimated 20-30% of funds and materials are diverted from sanitation programmes in South India due to corruption, experts have estimated. The Socio-Economic Unit Foundation (SEUF) has successfully employed a number of anti-corruption strategies in a participatory and community-based household... Read more...
In 1998, the Government of Armenia began to seriously weigh a private sector solution to the worsening situation with the water supply system in the country's capital, Yerevan. Read more...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has had more than 3 decades of partnership experience in supporting the development of water supply services in Metropolitan (Metro) Manila. During this period, ADB provided nine loans (worth US$ 425.3 million) and seven technical assistance (TA) grants (worth US$ 3... Read more...