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Global water, sanitation, and hygiene research priorities and learning challenges under Sustainable Development Goal 6

Published on: 30/11/2018

Among Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partners there is lowered confidence especially in managing untreated wastewater and faecal sludge. Non-... Read more...

The elephant in the room : informality in Tanzania’s rural waterscape

Published on: 13/11/2018

In the Hai and Siha districts of Tanzania actors not only acknowledge, but actively harness informality to provide access to water to rural... Read more...

Emotional wellbeing as a proxy indicator for water security among pastoralists in Afar, Ethiopia (WEDC paper)

A model to follow for all communes in Burkina Faso

Published on: 12/10/2018

Mayor of Banfora launches his district's strategic plan to achieve SDG 6 Read more...

Real-time monitoring for improved water services in the Ethiopian Lowlands

Published on: 11/10/2018

A briefing note on the use of cellular and satellite connected sensors for near-time monitoring of rural water services in Ethiopia. Read more...

Scaling up household water treatment and safe storage in Ghana

Sustainable Development Goal 6 : synthesis report 2018 on water and sanitation

Published on: 12/07/2018

This report reviews the global progress made towards achieving SDG 6. It builds on the latest data available for the 11 SDG 6 global indicators. Read more...

Social inclusion and gender for sustainability in WRM & WASH at grassroots level : Kajiado County experience

Self-supply End-line Evaluation

Small town water services sustainability checks : development and application in Ethiopia

Published on: 16/05/2018

Neither rural sustainability checks, nor urban benchmarking frameworks, are entirely suitable for monitoring small town water services. Read more...

Sustainable sanitation for all : experiences, challenges, and innovations

Published on: 09/03/2018

This book captures a range of experiences and innovations from a broad range of institutions and actors within the WASH sector, and attempts to make... Read more...

‘Without monitoring we won’t reach the Sustainable Development Goals’

Published on: 05/02/2018

Before 2021, national monitoring systems should be able to measure effectively how countries are doing in delivering water, sanitation and hygiene, IRC Burkina Faso Country director Juste Nansi states. Read more...

Universalisation de l’accès à l’assainissement des ménages ruraux au Burkina Faso

Water security in WASH services delivery

Published on: 29/11/2017

As freshwater ecosystems face increasing pressure, landscape approaches are key to water security and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH... Read more...

WASH/IWRM alignment in Dutch foreign policies and practices : main findings from interviews and literature review

Published on: 20/11/2017

In order to ensure sustainable WASH in a context of decreasing water security, there is a need to align WASH and IWRM. Read more...

Barriers and opportunities for sanitation SMEs : a study of the wider market system in Ghana : topic brief

Published on: 09/11/2017

Major barriers to entry for sanitation start-ups in Ghana are the lack of start-up capital; lack of access to affordable banking services (... Read more...

Redevabilité et gouvernance pour la durabilité des services publics d'eau potable

Supporting institutional sustainability to deliver permanent WASH services in Malawi

Published on: 20/10/2017

This case study highlights how an organisation can identify potential threats to institutional sustainability common in an extremely low resource... Read more...