To mark World Water Day, 22 March 2011, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an agreement making it easier for the U.S. Government and World Bank to work together to address global water challenges. [youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... Read more...
Under-five child mortality from diarrhoeal diseases, which was 1.7 million in 2005, is expected to fall to just over half a million by 2030 and around 130,000 in 2060, a new study [1] predicts. Read more...
[caption id="attachment_5121" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="With this photo on Facebook local resident Akshay Arora asks the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to "kindly send some one and get it clean this Toilet/Urinal". One day later on 7 April 2011, MCD replied: "Your complaint... Read more...
On Friday April 8th, 2011 the Agency for Community Empowerment Participation and Transformation (ACEPT) organized a two-day intensive training in Henai town in Malen chiefdom, Pujehun district, for 30 traditional leaders assembled from towns and villages. The facilitators came from Pujehun District... Read more...
No dia 05 de Novembro, o WASHCost Moçambique fez uma apresentação dos resultados preliminares da pesquisa. Abaixo vai a metodologia usada para a pesquisa. Read more...
No dia 05 de Novembro de 2010, o WASHCost Moçambique apresentou os seus resultados preliminares da pesquisa que foram apreciados pela comunidade do sector de água e saneamento em Moçambique. Read more...
O objectivo deste documento da WASHCost Moçambique é de analisar os valores dos contractos assinados pelo Governo no ano 2009. O segundo objectivo é, apartir da análise dos contratos de 2009 fazer uma previsão de valores a considerar entre 2010 a 2012. Read more...
Background The sampling strategy is a short document team that describes the justification for the choices made concerning sampling. This strategy enables the teams to get approval from their "LA" members and compare across the project. The structure of report follows the administrative structure... Read more...
A estratégia de amostragem é um documento breve da equipa que fundamenta as escolhas feitas em relação à amostra. Esta estratégia permite às equipas obter autorização dos membros da “AA” e compará-la em todo o projecto.A estrutura do relatório segue a estrutura administrativa a partir do nível... Read more...
In order to gain insight in the barriers within the transfer of technology for emergency water and sanitation applications in developing countries a partnership between the University of Glasgow and Oxfam GB was formed under the Enhanced Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance initiative... Read more...
Amali Raschke explains that in South Africa, the responsibility for water sits traditionally at municipal level (water service provision) and at national level (regulatory function). There is no official role for the province in terms of water. Mpumalanga province, however, has taken up the... Read more...
The Drakenstein Local Municipality in Western Cape started in July 2010 using the Municipal Assistant management software system to get better insight in the operation and maintenance status of their six wastewater plants. It is helping Mr. Ronald Brown the Director of Waste Management in... Read more...
In 2010, UNDP's Poverty Group and Environment and Energy Group launched a joint project to examine to what extent the domestic private sector in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) contributes to achieving the target for access to safe water under MDG7. The project carried out in-depth case studies of three... Read more...