While alignment on a common vision may be a defining aspect of WASH collaborative approaches, some alignment around specific activities is also... Read more...
Increasing repair and maintenance funds leads to higher borehole functionality and water access rates in the drought-prone regions of Turkana, Kenya... Read more...
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Three factors – legitimacy of the collaborative, aligning activities within clear mandates, and demonstrating value – all work together to secure... Read more...
All the learning alliances continue functioning at generally healthy — albeit varying — levels of interaction, particularly when considering the... Read more...
Insights, tips, and advice to improve public services like water and sanitation through multi-stakeholder collective action and action research. Read more...
Testing approaches to strengthen the sustainability and performance of WASH service delivery systems. Read more...
During a close out event for USAID's Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership three Ethiopian woredas promised to continue facilitating the learning alliance platforms. Read more...
Successful pathways secured uptake by government and had flexible programming. Read more...
Recording of a webinar on lessons learned after nearly four years of intensive research on the use of collective action in WASH by the USAID-... Read more...
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...
The South Ari Woreda learning alliance pushed for the establishment of the Gazer Town Water Supply Service Office as a utility to improve water services in the area. Read more...
Results from stakeholders workshops in Ethiopia and Uganda indicate that a more intentional focus on factor interactions in WASH systems could lead... 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...
A briefing note on financing of rural water services in lowland Ethiopia based on the use of Life Cycle Costs Analysis (LCCA) approach in Mile in... Read more...
This report examines the status and value of WASH infrastructure assets in Mile, Afar region and South Ari, SNNPR, the costs and sources of financing... Read more...
The government's flagship Climate Resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (CR-WASH) initiative focuses on lowland investments in 'resilient' technologies such as deep boreholes and more resilient piped water infrastructure. These seek to displace emergency humanitarian interventions in drought-... Read more...
This paper summarises the different system strengthening initiatives and makes recommendations for joint learning and collaboration. Read more...
The challenges of small town water supply and the need for systemic change: the case of Gazer town. Read more...