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Structures and mechanisms for improving learning in Ghana. Read more...
Findings for the Ghana baseline: assessing and monitoring water services in Ghana. Read more...
Peter Burr examines asset monitoring for sustainable services. Read more...
A presentation about the SenseMaker approach and its application by Triple-S in Ghana. Read more...
The rural water sub sector in Uganda has relatively well developed WASH policies that clearly define responsibilities of different stakeholders right from National to Decentralized levels of service delivery. Read more...
A new paper by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) looks at how Triple-S/Aguaconsult used the Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) methodology to evaluate policies and practices of development organisations involved in rural water supply. Read more...
A special issue of ' Water Alternatives' journal looks at trends in water services in rural areas. Read more...
Looking at what can be done to bring professionalism into community-based water supply. Read more...
How can NGOs and donors partner more effectively with government to meet the challenges of delivering WASH services that last? The WASH Sustainability Forum tackled this issue. Report now on-line. Read more...
In Uganda some water committees are allowing users to borrow surplus money in the form of low-interest loans. Could this twist on a traditional loans scheme encourage users to pay their water fees? Read more...
In Uganda, the Mobile for Water project gives communities an SMS hotline to a handpump mechanic. Read more...
Despite increasing investments and a shift to a service delivery logic towards rural water in 2007, sustainability of rural water services remains problematic. This short presentation is about the development of service delivery indicators to better identify sustainability problems. This... Read more...
Prepared by Vida Duti and Emmanuel Gaze; presented at the Triple-S Annual Review and Planning Meeting (ARAP), Fort Portal Uganda, 6th-11th May 2013 Read more...
The Service Delivery Index in 5 slides, originally presented at the 2013 Triple-S Annual Review and Planning Meeting. Read more...
Learning Alliances: what, why, how, who?, Uganda from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre Read more...
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Professor (Mrs) Esi Awuah has stated that lack of knowledge in the WASH sector, coupled with corruption and nepotism has been the cause of poor service delivery in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana. Read more...
The Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) announces the Mole XXIV Conference. The key objective of the conference is to take stock, share experiences and draw synergies to find sustainable solutions to the current sanitation crises. Read more...
Triple-S Ghana shares results of the baseline assessment of the status of service levels, service providers and support functions, in Akatsi, Sunyani West and East Gonja districts in the Volta, Brong Ahafo and Northern regions respectively. Read more...
How can NGOs and governments work together more effectively to ensure water services that last? A Uganda dialogue identifies concrete steps to improve coordination and joint learning. Read more...
Inexpensive mobile networks, smart phones, and apps. They are already transforming lives and livelihoods across the developing world. Can they transform water services too? Read more...