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By participating in decision making, a citizen committee helps local government budget effectively for better water and sanitation services. Read more...
Accessibility, affordability, and availability of technology options are crucial for the survival of safe water businesses, says Fanny Boulloud of the Swiss Antenna Foundation. As a partner in the 'Safe Water Phase 2' programme, IRC spoke to Boulloud about business viability at a stakeholder... Read more...
Collecting small monthly payments will help waste collectors build their business. Read more...
Join us at SACOSAN-VI to talk about sharing data for decision making on WASH in Schools Read more...
Programme managers and funders want to know the costs for the provision of WASH in schools and how to fund the desired outcomes over at least a 10 year period. Read more...
The 'Value at the end of the Sanitation Value-chain' (VeSV) project aims to develop and adopt business models for a low cost, safe method for the collection and processing of faecal sludge from pit latrines; a method that can be operated by local entrepreneurs and results in the production of a... Read more...
This case study applies a life-cycle costs approach (LCCA) to the sanitation and hygiene activities undertaken in Bagherpara Upazila, Jessore District, Bangladesh from 2006-2011, the duration of BRAC WASH-I programme. This was done to evaluate the sustainability of the sanitation and hygiene... Read more...
Find out how different organisations around the world are using the life-cycle costs approach. Read more...
The Bangladesh government has reduced its allocation for water and sanitation by around 10 billion taka (US$ 121 million) in the proposed 2012-13 budget. Read more...
Can households in Asia be given better information about the sanitation choices they can make and more options for financing them? Is the role of women in small scale sanitation businesses being overlooked? These were some of the questions that flowed from an enthusiastic five-day workshop in Dien... Read more...