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Interview with Alana Potter, co-drafter of the Africa Sanitation Policy Guidelines. Read more...
Using learning hub 'model projects' to test new approaches for projects and service delivery. Read more...
The transformation journey of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency in Tanzania. Read more...
Smarter emergency measures against COVID-19 needed to ensure lasting solutions in service provision. Read more...
Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank Is community management of water supply still feasible in Tanzania? Read more...
The era of eyes on, hands off are gone! Responsibility for rural water and sanitation shifts from local government to new national agency. Read more...
This week's Weekly WASH Graph presents an infographic and a graph, the combination of which reflects what we think should be the core content of WASH investment plans. Read more...
The answer lies in four strategic changes in water sector governance. Read more...
Are government-led and private sector approaches mutually exclusive? Read more...
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and government are looking for innovations in their work with smallholder farmers and communities in Lesotho to strengthen their livelihoods and to conserve the environment. Read more...
In the context of the devolution of political powers and responsibilities to the counties in Kenya, planning for water and sanitation services has to step up. Read more...
Using numbers in local planning for water resources and services helps stakeholders to make (conflicting) interests clearer and choices more explicit. Read more...
Sierra Leone's Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Health and Sanitation have spearheaded learning and better coordination in the sector to achieve national water and sanitation targets.Translating high-level commitment into daily practice takes determination, time and skills. Read more...
Next week, the Dutch parliament will discuss the multi-annual collaboration plans for its bilateral development cooperation with some 15 partner countries. This could be a pretty dull and technical affair, were it not for the fact that these plans give an interesting insight into what the end of... Read more...
A study by the African Development Bank (AfDB) concludes that improved sector coordination and capacity building at the local level are some of the key elements to increase efficiency in the water and sanitation sector. Read more...