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A new United Nations resolution aims to boost efforts to attain the sanitation Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target. Otherwise the world will miss the MDG sanitation target by almost 1 billion people. Read more...
Development aid should refocus on strengthening national institutions and improving governance in ways that promote citizen security, provide justice and create jobs, particularly in fragile states, the World Bank’s latest World Development Report (WDR) suggests. Some 1.5 billion people live in... Read more...
By 2050, more than 1 billion city dwellers may face water shortages if no new infrastructure is built or no new water conservation efforts are undertaken, according to a new study [1]. More than 3 billion may suffer similar water shortages at least one month of every year, says the study. The... Read more...
Playboy models and vegetarians Monica Harris and Victoria Eisermann shared a tub in Trafalgar Square today to mark World Water Day. Photo: PETA Animal rights activists around the world bathed naked to promote veganism on World Water Day 2011. Activists from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of... Read more...
La participation du secteur privé dans le domaine des services d’eau et d’assainissement a fait l’objet d’analyses d’une grande diversité. Ces travaux ont été essentiellement menés au cours de la période 1990-2000, pendant laquelle les réformes d’ajustement structurel ont ouvert … Read more...
April 13thseven South Asian leaders signed the “Colombo Declaration” by which they agreed to improve the access to sanitation in their countries. One of the main commitments stated in the declaration calls for adherence to the values of participation and accountability. Whereas the declaration is... Read more...
The Environmental Practice at Frost & Sullivan , a Global Growth Partnership Company, is hosting an Analyst Briefing titled 'Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Middle East and North Africa: Mounting Demand, Major Challenges and Opportunities', on April 19th, 2011. Frost & Sullivan will... Read more...
A campaign called "Thirsting for Justice" was launched the 22th of March, World Water Day which calls on European governments to put pressure on Israel to respect international law and Palestinian right access to water and sanitation. Behind this campaign launched, is the Emergency Water Sanitation... Read more...
In 2011, the World Bank’s Knowledge Council selected urbanisation as one of the Knowledge Platforms eligible for three year seed funding by the Bank. The Global Urbanization Knowledge Platform is a collaborative partnership between researchers, policymakers, the private-sector, and knowledge... Read more...
To mark World Water Day, 22 March 2011, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an agreement making it easier for the U.S. Government and World Bank to work together to address global water challenges. [youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... Read more...
Under-five child mortality from diarrhoeal diseases, which was 1.7 million in 2005, is expected to fall to just over half a million by 2030 and around 130,000 in 2060, a new study [1] predicts. Read more...
[caption id="attachment_5121" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="With this photo on Facebook local resident Akshay Arora asks the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to "kindly send some one and get it clean this Toilet/Urinal". One day later on 7 April 2011, MCD replied: "Your complaint... Read more...
On Friday April 8th, 2011 the Agency for Community Empowerment Participation and Transformation (ACEPT) organized a two-day intensive training in Henai town in Malen chiefdom, Pujehun district, for 30 traditional leaders assembled from towns and villages. The facilitators came from Pujehun District... Read more...
No dia 05 de Novembro, o WASHCost Moçambique fez uma apresentação dos resultados preliminares da pesquisa. Abaixo vai a metodologia usada para a pesquisa. Read more...
No dia 05 de Novembro de 2010, o WASHCost Moçambique apresentou os seus resultados preliminares da pesquisa que foram apreciados pela comunidade do sector de água e saneamento em Moçambique. Read more...
O objectivo deste documento da WASHCost Moçambique é de analisar os valores dos contractos assinados pelo Governo no ano 2009. O segundo objectivo é, apartir da análise dos contratos de 2009 fazer uma previsão de valores a considerar entre 2010 a 2012. Read more...
Background The sampling strategy is a short document team that describes the justification for the choices made concerning sampling. This strategy enables the teams to get approval from their "LA" members and compare across the project. The structure of report follows the administrative structure... Read more...
A estratégia de amostragem é um documento breve da equipa que fundamenta as escolhas feitas em relação à amostra. Esta estratégia permite às equipas obter autorização dos membros da “AA” e compará-la em todo o projecto.A estrutura do relatório segue a estrutura administrativa a partir do nível... Read more...
In order to gain insight in the barriers within the transfer of technology for emergency water and sanitation applications in developing countries a partnership between the University of Glasgow and Oxfam GB was formed under the Enhanced Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance initiative... Read more...
Amali Raschke explains that in South Africa, the responsibility for water sits traditionally at municipal level (water service provision) and at national level (regulatory function). There is no official role for the province in terms of water. Mpumalanga province, however, has taken up the... Read more...
