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Learning and reflection from the Negelle Arsi and Shashamane woreda WASH Sustainable Development Goal master planning process

Published on: 19/08/2021

Despite the challenges, two districts in Ethiopia greatly improved their planning, collaborated across sectors to create comprehensive plans, and... Read more...

Monitoring methods for systems-strengthening activities toward sustainable water and sanitation services in low-income settings

Published on: 18/12/2020

Early findings from the application of outcome mapping and system-wide assessments within the USAID-funded Sustainable WASH Systems Learning... Read more...

Ethiopia midterm organizational network analysis report

Published on: 16/12/2020

Measuring change over time in the relationships and network structure of learning alliances in four separate Ethiopian locations in USAID's... Read more...

Measuring systems change in WASH programming : a practical application of two tools

Published on: 16/12/2020

This report provides a guide to the practical application of outcome mapping and sustainability scorecards to monitor systems change in WASH... Read more...

The District-Wide Approach : progress review from its application in five districts in Rwanda

Published on: 30/09/2020

This systematic approach to planning suits the Rwandan context and has helped to mobilise funds, but is less effective in emphasising the... Read more...

A baseline of the strength of the WASH system in India

Costing and financing sustainable WASH services in Asutifi North District

Published on: 28/02/2020

This costing and financing study report provides insight into all the necessary life-cycle costs of achieving the 2030 vision and ensuring... Read more...

Understanding rural water services as a complex system : an assessment of key factors as potential leverage points for improved service sustainability

Published on: 14/02/2020

Results from stakeholders workshops in Ethiopia and Uganda indicate that a more intentional focus on factor interactions in WASH systems could lead... Read more...

A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar region of Ethiopia

Published on: 08/10/2019

An approach is developed to assess WASH risks in marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches. Read more...

A local systems analysis for rural water services delivery in South Ari and Mille, Ethiopia

Published on: 27/09/2019

This report summarises the strengths of the decentralised local systems that deliver services in two locations in Ethiopia, describing key actors,... Read more...

Selecting household water treatment options on the basis of World Health Organization performance testing protocols

Published on: 20/09/2019

While selection of water treatment technologies that meet minimum WHO efficacy recommendations for comprehensive protection against waterborne... Read more...

Public participation in urban water supply projects : the case of South-West Guwahati, India

Published on: 20/09/2019

A framework is developed incorporating public participation as a mandatory clause in water supply projects. Read more...

Long-term impact of a community-led sanitation campaign in India, 2005–2016

Published on: 04/09/2019

Ten years after a community-led total sanitation campaign, intervention households continued to have higher rates of ever owning a latrine but... Read more...

Functionality of handpump water supplies : a review of data from sub-Saharan Africa and the Asia-Pacific region

Published on: 01/08/2019

Approximately one in four handpumps in sub-Saharan Africa are non-functional at any point in time, which in 2015 was roughly equivalent to 175,000... Read more...

Diagnostic organisationnel de la Direction des Services Techniques Municipaux de la mairie de Banfora avec un focus sur le service eau, hygiène et assainissement

Sustaining rural water services in Ethiopia : rural water service levels report

Published on: 17/06/2019

Baseline assessment report on rural water service levels in Mile, Afar and South Ari, SNNPR. Read more...

WASH systems strengthening in Rwanda

Published on: 25/04/2019

Bruce Uwonkunda of Water for People in Rwanda shares his experiences on using roadmaps to build strong WASH systems. Read more...

Positioning WASH services within a systems framework and demonstrating achievement of open defecation free status at scale : an example from the Indian State of Bihar

Published on: 26/02/2019

Adopting a systems approach of WASH services, which included strengthening institutional systems and service delivery models, while also introducing... Read more...

Facilitating local strengthening of WASH systems : whose understanding counts?