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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...
In reactie op een artikel dat deze week verscheen in NRC over fraude met Nederlands ontwikkelingsgeld voor schoon drinkwater in Benin, schrijft Stef Smits deze blog. Terugkeren naar projecthulp is geen optie, zegt hij. Read more...
Here’s a real life riddle: there is a huge problem that has not been solved yet. Many options tried so far only dealt partially with the problem and ironically, you are the one asked to solve the whole problem. You know that everything is important; you know you have to include all parts of the... Read more...
Together the Netherlands and the World Bank can make a substantive contribution to reaching a joint vision; sustainable and equitable water and sanitation services for all by 2030. The World Bank sees the Netherlands as a leading knowledge provider in the water sector. Dutch expertise can... Read more...
Promising commitments, shallow discussions but a great depth of optimism for the sector during last week's Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting (HLM) in Washington DC. Read more...
In this post we'd like to show you what changing the whole system to deliver water services looks in the real world, using the example of our work in Ghana under the Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) project. Read more...
It is not enough that one individual or organisation begins to perform better or that an improvement is made in some technical aspect of service delivery. The whole system of individuals, organisations, technologies and the institutions (political, financial, and regulatory) that link them needs to... Read more...
Territorial approaches to rural water supply were a hot topic at this week's Triple-S annual meeting. Read more...
"One plan – one budget – one report" is the catchphrase for the Ethiopian government's newly launched sector-wide approach to WASH. Read more...