Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor | Programme Manager | IRC Ethiopia
Michael Abera has 18 years of work experience as monitoring and evaluation and data management expert while working with national and international development organizations in WASH, Public Health, and Environment sectors. Michael studied Statistics, Computer Science and Project Management at Addis Ababa university. Michael joined IRC Ethiopia program in 2017 as a program and M&E advisor.
Systems approaches are ongoing processes which take time and require multiple levels of action, both at local as well as at regional and national... Read more...
In order to leave no one behind, decision makers and service providers need to examine common beliefs in measuring access to services. Read more...
This Research Review provides an overview of subsidy targeting strategies and the conditions under which they have proven successful or not, drawing... Read more...
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 novel public-public partnership between Uganda's national water utility and local government is part of the increasing trend of rural utilisation. Read more...
This costing and financing study report provides insight into all the necessary life-cycle costs of achieving the 2030 vision and ensuring... Read more...
A strong enabling environment, which recognizes small communities and their local services, water quality control, post-construction support and the... Read more...
This report summarises the strengths of the decentralised local systems that deliver services in two locations in Ethiopia, describing key actors,... Read more...
Using the life-cycle cost approach (LCCA) this study showed the budget gaps for the sustainability of water services. Read more...
Neither rural sustainability checks, nor urban benchmarking frameworks, are entirely suitable for monitoring small town water services. Read more...
This brief presents the lessons learnt and advocacy messages from this e-discussion for influencing sector discourse on this topic and ensuring that... Read more...
Strengthening and clarifying the capacity of local government institutions is critical to the success of SDG6 (Water) and contributes to SDG16 (... Read more...
This paper presents findings on water and sanitation service levels from 16 small and medium towns in four regions of Ethiopia. Read more...
The global costs of achieving universal basic WASH by the year 2030 are achievable under current overall sector spending but sustained universal... Read more...
An information guide to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in schools, health care facilities, the workplace, orphanages, prisons, refugee... Read more...
Data was collected on household income, diarrhoeal disease occurrence, water service provision, and sanitation and hygiene services and practices at... Read more...
This factsheet presents a summary of the key findings relating to water supply, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure and the services received by... Read more...
This factsheet presents a summary of the key findings relating to water supply, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure and the services received by... Read more...