Those of you who have been paying attention will recall that my first blog-post promised a story about certification for WASH products! At long last, here it is. Read more...
Addressing inequalities by improving access to WASH services for vulnerable groups; introducing social water tariffs for the vulnerable; involving... Read more...
During the Thursday morning monitoring and learning session at IRC's All systems go! participants discussed factors than enable or hamper use of monitoring data in evidence-based decision making. Read more...
WASH businesses that are attempting to enter both water and sanitation markets worldwide are frequently not what you'd call "business as usual". Many of them are social enterprises started by passionate people who put people before profit and exist primarily to meet a specific challenge. Read more...
As a result of the the iWET project, functionality in some districts has risen from 80% to 95%, scheme downtime has been reduced from 30 days to... Read more...
Making a range of good quality household water filters available to customers is an additional service and an intermediate solution until water... Read more...
Perceived poor performance of hand pumped boreholes has been a persistent problem in Africa Read more...
Since my first post about some first-hand experience of running a WASH business within the Ethiopian business framework I've been wondering how much of the challenges is due to being a foreign business. Maybe the thought occurred to a few readers. Read more...
Ethiopia is currently ranked 161st out of 190 countries for "Ease of Doing Business". My first post is about why that might be the case, and how the recent new government has the potential to have an impact as it seeks to harness the potential of the private sector. Read more...
This paper summarises results of a study about the demand for rural water facility spares, the organisation of supply chains and the O&M systems... Read more...
The paper sets out the processes followed to establish WASH Learning Alliances in Ethiopia, examines some of the associated risks and constraints,... Read more...
This paper summarises the different system strengthening initiatives and makes recommendations for joint learning and collaboration. Read more...
Using the life-cycle cost approach (LCCA) this study showed the budget gaps for the sustainability of water services. Read more...
A WaterAid thematic review. Read more...
Early results of Transform WASH capacity building activities that will help improve and refine WASH programming. Read more...
Key lessons and strategies to improve sanitation product and service delivery in the region by the USAID Transform project and key stakeholders. Read more...
