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Availability of up-to-date data is deciding the resource allocation in the three Sustainable WASH Programme (SWP) districts of Amhara Region. Read more...
Some key changes in the enabling environment could lead to significant growth in the sanitation market. Read more...
Water For People pilots asset management tool in Rwanda. Read more...
As Ethiopia manages to develop more and more new rural water schemes – springs, wells or boreholes with hand-pumps or engines, piped water – keeping the existing infrastructure running well and safely is a challenge that gets bigger every day. And, despite some encouraging efforts, it's a challenge... Read more...
Asset inventory is essential in Ethiopia to develop more realistic planning to increase functionality as well as coverage. Read more...
For less than US$12 per person per year a town in Honduras can ensure that everyone's water supply keeps working. Read more...
El Municipio de Chinda alcanzó la cobertura total en los servicios de agua. Sin embargo, el municipio tiene que invertir hasta 11.8 US$/persona en agua cada año para siempre. La buena noticia es que este monto es asequible para el municipio y le permitirá mantener la cobertura total, para siempre... Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso investigated the factors that explain why boreholes with hand pumps in the Sahel region break down so often. Read more...
Au cœur de la discussion, le fait que les bonnes intentions ne suffisent pas : les pannes précoces des infrastructures d'eau dans les zones rurales et les villages des pays à bas revenu est un problème bien connu de tous les membres de l'assistance. Mais en pratique, que peut-on faire pour éviter... Read more...
The issue that was at the heart of the discussion is that good intentions are not enough and premature failure of water infrastructure in rural and small towns in low income countries is a well-known problem to all in the room. But what can be done in practice to avoid waste of investment in... Read more...