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The sanitation and hygiene challenge in Ethiopia is an important task, and daunting in scale. Read more...
Systems strengthening case studies from Agenda for Change partners in Bolivia, Uganda, Madagascar and Nicaragua. Read more...
This document illustrates a practical example on the use of the Technology Introduction Process (TIP) tool for the cost model "CapEx subsidised" for... Read more...
The Sanitation Challenge for Ghana contest rewards transformational city-wide sanitation services. Read more...
WASH businesses that are attempting to enter both water and sanitation markets worldwide are frequently not what you'd call "business as usual". Many of them are social enterprises started by passionate people who put people before profit and exist primarily to meet a specific challenge. Read more...
Making a range of good quality household water filters available to customers is an additional service and an intermediate solution until water... Read more...
Since my first post about some first-hand experience of running a WASH business within the Ethiopian business framework I've been wondering how much of the challenges is due to being a foreign business. Maybe the thought occurred to a few readers. Read more...
Ethiopia is currently ranked 161st out of 190 countries for "Ease of Doing Business". My first post is about why that might be the case, and how the recent new government has the potential to have an impact as it seeks to harness the potential of the private sector. Read more...
An introduction to the UDUMA model based on long-term affermage contracts with local authorities and blended finance, which is being piloted in... Read more...
This paper presents reflections on how consumer WASH markets are being developed and the role of different types of actors in the system. Read more...
Lean government needs a lean private sector to deliver safe water and sanitation to everyone. Both are part of an effective public system. Read more...
Why even social entrepreneurs need strong government. Read more...
De-risking investments by building capacities and subsidising interest. Report of an IRC-NWP WASH Debate. Read more...
This presentation provides a simplified definition and framework for blended finance, together with emerging themes and statistics for the water,... Read more...
Private money can only be attracted where government leads and strong systems exist. Read more...
Banker Naina Lal Kidwai is our guest in the latest WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
What is needed to make India open defecation-free by 2019? Banker and former CEO of HSBC India Naina Lal Kidwai, who is also Founding Chair of the... Read more...
In six videos, relevant topics on running a safe water business are discussed. Read more...
Lessons learned from the Safe Water Phase 2 initiative (2015-2018): a WASH Talk podcast. Read more...