"I am bored with this work", my friend, WASH, confided. I recommended him not to waste his mid-life crisis. Read more...
Robust monitoring is needed to track progress towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal for water. Read more...
La región de América Latina y el Caribe ha tenido éxito en alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo de Milenio (ODM) para agua y saneamiento. ¿Pero cómo está encaminado para lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS)? ¿El vaso está más bien medio vacío? Read more...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have the target of reaching universal access to water and sanitation by 2030. But can this target realistically be achieved in the most difficult of settings: fragile states? Read more...
Honduras es uno de los países estrella que alcanzó los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) de agua y saneamiento unos años antes de su tiempo. La pregunta ahora es si el país está bien preparado para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), que se están aprobando ahora. Read more...
IRC country director of Burkina Faso Juste Hermann Nansi about the approaching Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 and what they mean for his work in Burkina Faso. Read more...
Several Dutch water sector organisations have written to Minister Ploumen (Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation) about the Dutch targets for water supply. Read more...
S'agissant d'assurer des services adéquats pour les pauvres, les approches basées sur la tarification ne suffisent pas. Read more...
Opiniebijdrage van Stef Smits in Vice Versa Read more...
In this article John Butterworth explains why better access to water and sanitation will pay dividends in helping the most vulnerable people adapt to climate change. He argues that providing water and sanitation services for everyone builds resilience, and should be key part of the climate change... Read more...
Last week it was World Water Day 2014 , with the topic of "water and energy". I see obvious issues coming by on the water-energy nexus (which by the way is one of those development sector buzz words that I start disliking more every day. I hope the next buzz word is a bit more, uh, sparkling), such... Read more...
A new and bold way of thinking is needed to change the way in which water, sanitation and hygiene services are provided. Read more...
How should WASH-related targets make it into the United Nation's post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals? Read more...
Anyone who works in the water sector cannot have missed the consultations and debates on the post-2015 goals for water and sanitation. Read more...
This week the Joint Monitoring Program of the United Nations announced that the MDG for water supply has been reached, most likely already somewhere in 2010. 5 years ahead of the deadline the percentage of the World’s population without access to safe water supplies has been halved. This is no mean... Read more...