One workshop to cover everything we ever complained about
Published on: 13/02/2018
Key lessons to develop a Country-Led Monitoring (CLM) programme for rural water and sanitation in Liberia.
Technological innovations are on exponential curves; but are WASH measurement methods stuck in time?
Published on: 07/02/2018
Innovations can revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development - if we rise responsibly to the challenge of measuring their impact.
Moving from information gathering and idea generation to concept selection
Published on: 05/02/2018
Day 6 at the USAID Transform WASH Design Summit began like every day, with Morning Circle. This is a moment to set the mood, reflect, have a bit of fun, and make announcements about the day. The group is large with 35 participants plus Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Design Lab...
Let's design our own solutions! Not FOR the community but WITH the community
Published on: 02/02/2018
When we set out to transform the WASH sector in Ethiopia, I knew it would be a fascinating journey. But, our Transform WASH Design Summit, organized by PSI/Ethiopia and led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT's) D-Lab here in Hawassa, took us to an entirely new place.
Hit the road(map)
Published on: 25/01/2018
A new global guidance document on the District-Wide Approach.
Taking lessons from Mother Nature
Published on: 22/12/2017
"If you do not yield to anyone's advice, the world will teach you the lessons it wants you to learn," my mother always said. Often, this was a cautionary tale and it usually came after realizing that no matter what she said or did, you would not yield to her advice. Somehow, this is the same...
Why is water security key to WASH services delivery?
Published on: 18/12/2017
Meeting Sustainable Development Goal 6 requires solutions that focus on integrated rather than sectoral approaches.
Mara Paap..! Making Tanzanians excited about poo and toilets
Published on: 31/10/2017
We did this before, but the job is unfinished.
Blended finance for water infrastructure: hope or hype?
Published on: 17/10/2017
More catalytic innovation is needed to have a transformative impact.
Data analytics to redefine India’s water future
Published on: 25/09/2017
Big data analytics is a new window of opportunity for the Indian water sector.
The power of ‘’self-assembly’’: a critical tool in behaviour change for toilet use
Published on: 04/09/2017
We need to move beyond the easy option of coercion, humiliation and threats to stop open defecation.
Modelling for Change
Published on: 15/12/2016
Can Agent-Based simulation models help us to improve services in complex WASH systems?
Integrating WASH and freshwater conservation
Published on: 14/09/2016
Greg Koch of The Coca-Cola Company highlights the key findings of research on integration of WASH and freshwater conservation
Kampala WASH Symposium: recognizing the role of governments in sustainable WASH systems
Published on: 08/07/2016
Reflections from the Kampala WASH Symposium by Susan Davis of Improve International.
Water, spillovers and free riding : the economics of pump functionality in Tanzania
Published on: 21/06/2016
Economic tools help us better understand handpump breakdown.
Collaborating for good policies in the water sector
Published on: 09/06/2016
Exploring the effects of different ways in which a policy can evolve through collaboration in a social system.
Using technology to improve the cost-efficiency of results verification in PforR projects
Published on: 09/06/2016
How the World Bank's Water Global Practice and Innovation Labs are partnering to get practical operational solutions.
Hollywood, avocados and poor water quality
Published on: 31/05/2016
California's legal system and the chronic underfunding of water and sanitation
Is money the root of some evil?
Published on: 09/05/2016
Investigating whether donor restrictions affect the sustainability of water and sanitation interventions.
Learning in the rural water supply sector – a complexity perspective
Published on: 22/03/2016
How can I conceptualise and model learning in the rural water supply system in Uganda?
Understanding stakeholder networks in rural water sub-sectors in Malawi
Published on: 16/02/2016
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 .
Upgrading water supply in primary health facilities
Published on: 14/10/2015
Simavi is using integrated approaches in the MKAJI programme in Tanzania's Dodoma Region.
Water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial in prison settings
Published on: 12/10/2015
For Ugandan prisons, investing in WASH means investing in hygiene behaviour change.
Stakeholder networks supporting service delivery improvements: preliminary findings from Ghana
Published on: 19/08/2015
This summary presents preliminary findings from recent network research in Ghana. These are shared to engage a broader community in current research, and should not be taken as firm conclusions. Questions, comments, and feedback are greatly appreciated.
The danger of software ‘slippage’
Published on: 11/06/2015
Mr Ragunathan, the ex-President of Ramianahalli village, proudly explains how his community had come together when facing a water crisis in 2004. But in subsequent years of 'times of plenty', much of the good practices of the village water and sanitation committee were lost. This is due to the...