The accelerating land degradation processes in Sub-Saharan Africa are resulting in increasing poverty and marginalization of the rural people. Read more...
As a follow-up to the publication "Community water supply: the handpump option", this report describes the results of handpump research and... Read more...
Rapid urbanization in Maharashtra, India is resulting in an increasing demand for water supply and other public services. Read more...
The book describes a community-based sanitation project which was carried out in a low-income urban area in Karachi, Pakistan, between 1979 and 1986. Read more...
This report tries to identify capital projects in the water and sanitation sector, and suggests possible uses for a special appropriation of US$ 650... Read more...
A workshop was held in September 1992 to monitor the progress of the Water and Sanitation for Health and Ecuadorian Development Project (WASHED), a... Read more...
The main objective of the evaluation was to ascertain whether the Benin Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project could be made sustainable with... Read more...
This report identifies the economic gains from investments in water supply and sanitation, and describes the conditions under which these investments... Read more...
This report is aimed at planners and policymakers and its purpose was to assess the consequences of actual demand exceeding design standards. A... Read more...
The key determinants of water system costs are the standards used for design. Such standards underlie decisions taken on the capacities of system... Read more...
This report describes the results of a project to evaluate and transfer the Nicaraguan rope and washer windpump to four other Latin American... Read more...
More than ever before has the need to provide approximately 1.2 billion people in developing countries with adequate potable water been so urgent. Read more...