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Sanitation campaign in action in Tanzania

How Tanzanians got back into building toilets

Lessons from the National Sanitation Campaign.
Water tank in Arusha, Tanzania (photo Lukas Kwezi)

The water sector budget: How much is enough?

A review of the Tanzanian water sector budget for 2021/22.

Self-supply : filling the gaps in public water supply provision

2021
Self-supply's contribution to urban and rural...
USAID-funded water point in Afar, Ethiopia

Can right-sized digital solutions help the vulnerable?

Water supply for all: How can digital solutions help increase access for vulnerable populations? Lessons from Tanzania and Ethiopia.
People around a water point

Payment by Results: An end or a means to an end?

In recent years, donors have been making greater use of Payment by Results (PbR) approaches to fund development programmes.
JAMKA Enterprise office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Turning waste into wealth in Tanzania

Converting solid and liquid waste management into successful sanitation businesses in Dar es Salaam.

Sustainability assessment of rural water service delivery models : findings of a multi-country...

2017
Policy recommendations are given for five...
Villagers fishing in their newly expanded pond. Meghalaya, India

How change within individuals can support institutional performance

Can leadership development training for public agency staff lead to improved utility performance and community-level service?
groupwork at AWW

Africa’s Civil Society agree to support implementation of SDG6 and N’gor Declaration

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) and the national governments jointly prepare for the implementation of...
Tanzania - water payment by result

Payment by results in the water sector

Lessons from Tanzania show that payment by results can help stakeholders achieve improved water point functionality.

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Sanitation campaign in action in Tanzania

How Tanzanians got back into building toilets

Published on: 15/12/2021
Lessons from the National Sanitation Campaign.

Water tank in Arusha, Tanzania (photo Lukas Kwezi)

The water sector budget: How much is enough?

Published on: 31/05/2021
A review of the Tanzanian water sector budget for 2021/22.

Self-supply : filling the gaps in public water supply provision

Self-supply's contribution to urban and rural water provision world-wide, and the gains of government support.
Biblio info

USAID-funded water point in Afar, Ethiopia

Can right-sized digital solutions help the vulnerable?

Published on: 18/05/2020
Water supply for all: How can digital solutions help increase access for vulnerable populations? Lessons from Tanzania and Ethiopia.

People around a water point

Payment by Results: An end or a means to an end?

Published on: 05/11/2019
In recent years, donors have been making greater use of Payment by Results (PbR) approaches to fund development programmes.

JAMKA Enterprise office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Turning waste into wealth in Tanzania

Published on: 19/02/2019
Converting solid and liquid waste management into successful sanitation businesses in Dar es Salaam.

Villagers fishing in their newly expanded pond. Meghalaya, India

How change within individuals can support institutional performance

Published on: 01/05/2017
Can leadership development training for public agency staff lead to improved utility performance and community-level service?

groupwork at AWW

Africa’s Civil Society agree to support implementation of SDG6 and N’gor Declaration

Published on: 20/07/2016
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) and the national governments jointly prepare for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) and the Dakar N'gor Declaration on Water and Sanitation.

Tanzania - water payment by result

Payment by results in the water sector

Published on: 14/03/2022
Lessons from Tanzania show that payment by results can help stakeholders achieve improved water point functionality.

Water pump in Arusha, Tanzania

Rethinking private sector participation in the water sector

Published on: 02/12/2021
Why is private sector participation in the water sector lagging in Tanzania?

Defluorination of drinking water

Exploring scalable models in provision of defluorinated drinking water

Published on: 08/06/2021
Providing safe water to hard-to-reach villages in a cost-effective way in Arusha.

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Reflections on moving menstruation from hygiene to health

Published on: 26/05/2021
Menstrual Hygiene Day, my bloody favourite day of the year.

Water project in Arusha, Tanzania

RUWASA transformation: Rising to the challenge

Published on: 09/03/2021
Using learning hub 'model projects' to test new approaches for projects and service delivery.

RUWASA management, and representatives from various government institutions meeting in Morogoro (photo credit of RUWASA)

RUWASA transformation: The new beginning

Published on: 16/02/2021
The transformation journey of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency in Tanzania.

Reframing the challenges and opportunities for improved sanitation services in Eastern Africa through sustainability science

Successful sanitation approaches were characterized by their adaptation to the local context, community participation, built-in mechanisms that...
Biblio info

Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank

Community management: policy failure or lost in translation?

Published on: 14/01/2020
Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank Is community management of water supply still feasible in Tanzania?

Raising the flag for the #NyumbaNiChoo campaign

#NyumbaNiChoo campaign: Having a toilet is modern and cool

Published on: 03/10/2019
Tanzania's recent toilet campaign gets high-level politicians on board. Why?

Fetching water in a rural location in Tanzania

RUWASA: New hopes in challenging times?

Published on: 15/08/2019
The era of eyes on, hands off are gone! Responsibility for rural water and sanitation shifts from local government to new national agency.

Lukas Kwezi at the IRC symposium

WASH systems strengthening: old wine in new bottles?

Published on: 01/04/2019
An account of personal reflections on the shift to a systems approach.

Fetching water at the pump

When does money get results?

Published on: 27/08/2018
This blog looks at the experience of using 'Payment-by-Results' in Tanzania's water sector, and how adaptive programming is key to bridging the gap.

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