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The community-based management (CBM) model has often been called into question as an effective means of service provision. Read more...
New book tells how partnerships, district planning and learning alliances achieve impact at community level in Ghana. Read more...
While writing the end-report of the SMARTerWASH Project, it was good to look back and reflect on the scale of the project and the challenges faced and ahead. Read more...
This summary presents preliminary findings from recent network research in Ghana. These are shared to engage a broader community in current research, and should not be taken as firm conclusions. Questions, comments, and feedback are greatly appreciated. Read more...
During my time in Malawi I learned a lot about the challenges of rural safe water access, and about the challenges of addressing those challenges. I left believing we still have a lot to learn about how change happens, and how to support processes of improvement. This post is to share where I'm... Read more...
Last week it was World Water Day 2014 , with the topic of "water and energy". I see obvious issues coming by on the water-energy nexus (which by the way is one of those development sector buzz words that I start disliking more every day. I hope the next buzz word is a bit more, uh, sparkling), such... Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency takes a unified approach with new single source documents. Read more...
Territorial approaches to rural water supply were a hot topic at this week's Triple-S annual meeting. Read more...
Dora depends on one community handpump. How are her satisfaction levels being measured, and what can we learn from them? Read more...
In March 2012, UNICEF and WHO announced that the Millennium Development Goal for water had been met. But that's just the start. Read more...
Two weeks ago, the “management and support” working group of the RWSN had its first meeting. This meeting focused specifically on management models and support arrangements for piped water supply in small towns. Read more...
I have argued at times for the need for post-construction support to rural water supply, and so have various publications from IRC and others over the past decade. However, there has been critique to this, stating that there is little evidence that shows that such help helps improving rural water... Read more...
Could lack of definition be undermining the impact of effective but costly support? Read more...
If it is possible to move in a few years from an iPod to an iPhone or and iPad, why are we in the water sector still struggling with the handpump? When can we expect the iPump 2.0? Did Steve Jobs die too early to invent this? As the naked truth about poor levels of functionality of hand pumps... Read more...
The latest trend in Dutch politics is to label anything of parties of another political colour as hobbyism. Read more...