Former Publications & Knowledge Manager | IRC Ethiopia
Bret McSpadden was Publications & Knowledge Manager at IRC Ethiopia where he focused on supporting documentation, communication, and learning across all Ethiopia programmes as well as supporting the implementation of monitoring technologies in Afar, Amhara, and Somali regions.
Bret completed his Master of Science at the University of Colorado Boulder where he studied Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD). Bret has a background in programme management, technology, and education, and is passionate about working with local stakeholders to understand their needs and work together to design appropriate systems and solutions.
This report analyses an Indo-German bilateral pilot project concerning community water supply in Himachal Pradesh, during which villages were... Read more...
The report provides specific recommendations for woreda-level planning of Self-supply acceleration activities, market and business development, and... Read more...
This book is an introduction to the theory of water governance and its practical application especially in The Netherlands. Read more...
This policy brief, submitted to the Dutch Parliament, describes the government's development aid water programme for the years 2012-2015 (in Dutch). Read more...
This global review explores the strengths and weaknesses of integrity in the water sector. It provides examples of innovative programmes and tools... Read more...
Fact sheet providing an overview of rural and small towns water services in the Western Region, Ghana. Read more...
This study investigates the Swajaldhara programme concerning drinking water supply in Rajasthan, Jaipur District. Read more...
Fact sheet providing an overview of rural and small towns water services in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Read more...
Fact sheet providing an overview of rural and small towns water services in the Central Region, Ghana. Read more...
This study assesses the 24x7 water supply project in Punjab. Read more...
Poster presented at the 2015 UNC water and health conference. Read more...
BRAC WASH has researched how to develop a viable process for faecal sludge-based organic fertiliser. Read more...
Social and technical diversity in urban waste and sanitation services is not the problem but rather the opening to tailor-made solutions and... Read more...
Adaptation of the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) questionnaire for sanitation to the situation of Mobile Desludging in Zimbabwe. Read more...
This study examines eight initiatives that are using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to monitor and report on water supply services... Read more...
Communal wealth is one of the most important factors affecting rural water services, and household connections are the only technology which can... Read more...
For Uganda the main recommendations are to widen the scope of the Service Delivery Approach (SDA) from simple rural water supplies to piped supplies... Read more...
Triple-S has successfully promoted sustainability and the Service Delivery Approach (SDA) at the international level and in target countries. The... Read more...
Providing solutions for the safe and commercially viable collection and composting of faecal sludge for use in agriculture and horticulture in... Read more...
The UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council formally recognised the human right to water and sanitation in 2010. This guidance provides... Read more...
