This working paper seeks to contribute to a larger analysis on whether community-based management is still a feasible option for service delivery in... Read more...
This paper proposes a framework of elements that need to be in place for continued handpump functioning, and then turns this into a diagnostic device... Read more...
An assessment of the potential feasibility, sustainability, and effectiveness of the pay as you fetch (PAYF) management model for water service... Read more...
Case studies of the pay-as-you-fetch (PAYF) model in Kabarole District. Read more...
Strong dependencies were found between functionality and system type and administrative unit (e.g., district). Read more...
Governments and development partners must significantly strengthen post-construction support and test and evaluate alternative models for managing... Read more...
Water committees and handpump mechanics ensure safe and reliable services in Western Uganda. A story about action learning supported by the Dutch... Read more...
Everyone in Digambarpur has access to a basic level of water service thanks to support model that allows w ater committees to outsource technical... Read more...
Handpump sustainability is enhanced by household members' involvement in management-related decisions, but is compromised when households are... Read more...
"One plan – one budget – one report" is the catchphrase for the Ethiopian government's newly launched sector-wide approach to WASH. Read more...
Sagar is an island at the mouth of the river Ganges where it meets the Bay of Bengal. Every year in January, about half a million pilgrims visit the island to worship at the holy Ganges. The hundreds of mobile toilet units standing on the empty festival terrain during the rest of the year are... Read more...
This book provides guidelines for the planning, siting, selection, implementation and management of productive water points in drought-prone areas... Read more...