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Women working on SaTo pan in Ethiopia (photo by Ayatam Simeneh, PSI Ethiopia)

Glass ceilings and glass floors for women in WASH business

Published on: 16/11/2020
What challenges are women in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) businesses facing in Ethiopia?

Women as business leaders

This learning note is focused on the gender dynamics in WASH business and it informs action points to enhance women's roles in the sector.
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An assessment of sanitation financing options for enterprises and households

A summary of a study undertaken of the financing approaches used under the USAID Transform WASH programme in Ethiopia, which was conducted to better...
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Ethiopia’s business environment and how it influences WASH market development

An enabling business environment and strong private sector will not only help expand access to critical WASH products and services – but will also...
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Rural water and sanitation budgets for schools, anganwadi and health centres : an assessment of Nuapada, Odisha : discussion paper

An analysis of government or private interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve...
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Climate change threatens one of the world's largest mangrove forests, the Sundarbans in West Bengal, India

Message in a red bottle – sending out an SOS

Published on: 03/07/2020
Report of a WASH Debate on climate adaptation.

USAID Transform WASH is supporting local manufacturing and distribution of hand washing stations

Small business and WASH in the age of coronavirus

Published on: 16/06/2020
Since the coronavirus began spreading throughout the world, few things have been unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our activities to develop markets for WASH products and services are no exception.

Rethinking rural water supply maintenance in Ethiopia: from fix-on-failure to comprehensive maintenance services

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Capacity development in the WASH sector of Ethiopia

Take a systems approach to capacity building involving government, communities, the private sector, CSOs, educational institutes and women.
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Loo with a view, Trawden, Lancashire, UK

Stop being a neo-liberal and embrace the sanitation system

Published on: 13/11/2019
Sanitation is chronically underfunded, perhaps that’s because we’re not asking for money in the right way or from the right source.

USAID Transform WASH Programme: Latrine slab construction in Shashego woreda, SNNPR, Ethiopia

We are not on track to achieve SDG 6.2

Published on: 12/11/2019
How combining Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and market-based approaches can help.

Sanitation and hygiene sector trends

Unsafely managed sanitation, especially in rural areas, remains a challenge in developing countries as a result of population growth, climate change...
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COO Joost Kooijmans explains the finer points of Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) to Aquafed’s President Mamadou Dia and Execu

Bringing the private sector to the table

Published on: 16/10/2019
The question is not if, but how they should be involved.

Household using an improved latrine at Shashogo

How to create demand for sanitation products and services?

Published on: 29/09/2019
Enormous progress has been made in reducing open defecation in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, the quality of sanitation facilities remains a big challenge and a serious health concern.

Sanitation products promotion

Should sanitation be taxed?

Published on: 29/09/2019
The sanitation and hygiene challenge in Ethiopia is an important task, and daunting in scale.

Evidence of stronger systems : World Water Week August 2019

Systems strengthening case studies from Agenda for Change partners in Bolivia, Uganda, Madagascar and Nicaragua.
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Addressing the financing gap in the water sector in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda

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TIP matrix for cost model “No subsidies”

This document illustrates a practical example on the use of the Technology Introduction Process (TIP) tool for the cost model "CapEx subsidised" for...
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Clean city in Ghana

Prize ceremony showcases innovations in liquid waste management

Published on: 19/07/2019
The Sanitation Challenge for Ghana contest rewards transformational city-wide sanitation services.

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Conducting a “not for loss” business in the WASH sector in Ethiopia

Published on: 18/03/2019
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.

The utility approach : extended distribution for household water filters in Ethiopia

Making a range of good quality household water filters available to customers is an additional service and an intermediate solution until water...
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Fikadu, from Ethiopia

Supporting Ethiopian entrepreneurs in WASH

Published on: 04/03/2019
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.

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Doing WASH business in Ethiopia

Published on: 27/02/2019
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.

Conditions for private sector involvement and financing in rural water supply

An introduction to the UDUMA model based on long-term affermage contracts with local authorities and blended finance, which is being piloted in...
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Developing consumer markets within rural WASH systems

This paper presents reflections on how consumer WASH markets are being developed and the role of different types of actors in the system.
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