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Willetts, J. & Institute for Sustainable Futures - University of Technology Sydney, AU, ISF - UTS, 2012. A service delivery approach for rural water supply in Timor-Leste : institutional options and strategy, Sydney, NSW, Australia: Institute for Sustainable Futures - University of Technology Sydney, AU, ISF - UTS.

Published on: 14/06/2013

Improving the sustainability of rural water service provision in Timor-Leste will require reorientation of the sector from an infrastructure focus...

Halcrow, G. et al., 2012. Working from strengths : Plan and SNV integrate gender into community-led sanitation and hygiene approaches in Vietnam, (Towards inclusive WASH : sharing evidence and experience from the field : a series of 16 case-studies 15) S.l.: SNV Nepal.

Published on: 23/03/2012

Approaching gender from a constructive, strengths-based perspective has potential to influence practice in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)...

Willetts, J. & Wicken, J., 2011. Towards sustainability in water, sanitation and hygiene : WASH Conference 2011, Brisbane, Australia : conference report, S.l.: International Water Centre.

Published on: 27/11/2012

There is a global crisis in sanitation and water: almost two-fifths of the world’s population (2.6 billion) people do not have access to improved...

Willetts, J., Wicken, J. & Robinson, A., 2009. Meeting the sanitation and water challenge in South East Asia and the Pacific : synthesis report on the Sanitation and Water Conference 08, Brisbane, QLD, Australia: International Water Centre. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Willetts-2009-MeetingSynthesis.pdf.

Published on: 08/04/2009

This report synthesises the main themes and issues discussed at the Sanitation Conference held in Melbourne from 27-29 October 2008. It provides...

Setty, K. et al., 2018. Global water, sanitation, and hygiene research priorities and learning challenges under Sustainable Development Goal 6. Development policy review, pp1- 55 : 6 fig. 5 tab.

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-...

Dickin, S. et al., 2022. Assessing mutual accountability to strengthen national WASH systems and achieve the SDG targets for water and sanitation. H2Open journal , 5(2), pp166-179 : 3 tab.

Published on: 24/08/2022

Multi-stakeholder engagement is critical for making progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 'Ensure access to water and sanitation for...

Willetts, J. et al., 2021. Strengthening mutual accountability in partnerships for WASH. Pt 1: Literature review and learning from other sectors, New York, NY, USA: Sanitation and Water for All (SWA). Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/swa_strengthening_mutual_accountability_in_partnerships_for_wash_part_1_april_2021.pdf.

Published on: 18/08/2021

Key elements, success factors, partnership processes, conducive national contexts and types of global partnerships, which can support an effective...

Butterworth, J.A. et al., 2021. Strengthening mutual accountability in partnerships for WASH. Pt 2: Summary of six country case studies, New York, NY, USA: Sanitation and Water for All (SWA). Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/final_swa_activity_2_report_final.pdf.

Published on: 18/08/2021

More emphasis is needed on building and strengthening the work of multi-stakeholder platforms in WASH at the national level.

Foster, T. et al., 2019. Functionality of handpump water supplies : a review of data from sub-Saharan Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. International journal of water resources development, 35(3), pp1-15: 1 fig., 3 tab.

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...

Carrard, N. et al., 2019. Are piped water services reaching poor households? : empirical evidence from rural Viet Nam. Water research, 153, pp239-250.

Published on: 15/02/2019

Though challenging, rigorous local-level monitoring is key to ensure equitable, quality service delivery.

Willetts, J. et al., 2010. Cost-effectiveness analysis as a methodology to compare sanitation options in peri-urban Can Tho, Vietnam : paper presented at the IRC symposium ‘ Pumps, Pipes and Promises: Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH Services' in The Hague, T, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Willetts-2010-Cost-effectiveness.pdf.

Published on: 24/02/2011

It is challenging to make decisions about sanitation scale and technology choice for urban areas, however costing analyses have an important role...

Willetts, J., Bailey, B. & Crawford, P., 2013. Topic 3: Reflections on monitoring a large-scale civil society WASH initiative: lessons for sector monitoring and potential contributions from NGOs, Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/willets_bailey_and_crawford_monitoring_large-scale_civil_society_wash_initiative.pdf.

Published on: 13/05/2014

This paper draws on the experience of monitoring a large-scale civil society Fund to provide insight into some of the challenges facing sector...