This post shares an update from recent fieldwork in Malawi, and provides preliminary analysis with reference to methods and findings from previous work in Ghana .
The Sierra Leone WASH sector has asked an IRC-led consortium to set-up a structure for sector learning and to create a common platform for easy access to all sector information.
One of the important challenges of post-war reconstruction is to provide more and better quality basic services, such as water. Previous attempts at upgrading main supply systems to accommodate peri-urban areas have been overwhelmed by the explosive demographic growth of Angola's major cities...
It is estimated that 19 million people in South Africa are rural survivalists with traditional agrarian lifestyles, and over 15 million are living below the poverty line. Levels of food security have been increased in some villages using in-field rainwater harvesting (IRWH) and conservation.
The "Raising Citizens' Voice in the Regulation of Water Services" is a public education initiative driven by the National Regulator (currently within the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF).
This paper highlights the importance of issues of local government accountability to citizens, analyses how changes in accountability mechanisms have been accomplished in a specific case, and examines the policy implications. The analysis is based on the case of the city of Gedaref, in Sudan.
A paper commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, summarises critical water and sanitation sector reform implementation issues by drawing from recent experience in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. It was written by a group of policy advisors of the...
