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Exploring the effects of different ways in which a policy can evolve through collaboration in a social system. Read more...
How the World Bank's Water Global Practice and Innovation Labs are partnering to get practical operational solutions. Read more...
En el blog pasado , planteaba la pregunta ¿cuáles son los mecanismos que podrían hacer que la Comisión Municipal en Agua y Saneamiento (COMAS) logre mantenerse en el tiempo? Allí exponía posibles soluciones para ser discutidas por el sector. Ahora, llega el turno de hacer lo mismo con la Unidad de... Read more...
What can the sector learn from circular economy visionary Thomas Rau? Read more...
Solid waste management has become a big challenge in Jijiga, the capital city of Ethiopia's Somali National Regional State. Read more...
En estos días nos estamos preparando para echar a andar muchas de nuestras ideas y sentar las bases para cumplir con el gran objetivo que va en línea con los ODS , que todos y todas puedan gozar de los servicios de agua y saneamiento para hoy y para siempre. Esto ha hecho que nos hagamos muchas... Read more...
California's legal system and the chronic underfunding of water and sanitation Read more...
There are big expectations for national sector monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems both from the side of governments and from the side of Development Partners (DPs). National scale data collection using ICT in some African countries have set the tone: it is now possible to have data from... Read more...
People in Ghana like metaphors. Metaphors make their hearts beat; metaphors also soften what may be too harsh to say directly. Maybe both meanings of metaphors are true for the great efforts of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) to create a monitoring system for water supply in rural... Read more...
Hoy en día es muy fácil viajar. Con toda la tecnología existente es posible definir rutas, lugares a visitar y establecer tiempos con mucha precisión. Aunque el nivel de precisión depende mucho del destino, por ejemplo, no es lo mismo viajar a Paris en donde uno encuentra detallada información, que... Read more...
Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) allocated 4% of its budget to sanitation and hygiene, but realised that was still far below the required funds Read more...
How entrepreneurs in Odisha, India, provide villagers with safe, affordable, home-delivered drinking water. Read more...
The Global Water Integrity Outlook was launched in The Netherlands on 15 April 2016. Read more...
Investigating whether donor restrictions affect the sustainability of water and sanitation interventions. Read more...
The theme of World Water Day 2016 - Water and Jobs - focused on how enough and the right quality of water can change workers' lives and livelihoods, and even transform societies and economies. Linked to this theme, the National Self Supply Task Force in collaboration with IRC, MWA, JICA, Water for... Read more...
La región de América Latina y el Caribe ha tenido éxito en alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo de Milenio (ODM) para agua y saneamiento. ¿Pero cómo está encaminado para lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS)? ¿El vaso está más bien medio vacío? Read more...
Many colleagues are developing mechanisms to track progress towards Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals . Read more...
Are government-led and private sector approaches mutually exclusive? Read more...
Water point mapping around the world has accelerated at unprecedented rates, writes Brian Banks (Global Water Challenge) in his guest blog. Read more...
Testing a simple tool to assess faecal waste flows in a real life situation can be a lot of fun. The results though can at best be described as enlightening and at worst as shocking. Read more...