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Public-private partnerships: evaluation of ADB’s performance in infrastructure

The Asian Development Bank’s support for public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure development in general was rated “successful,” a special evaluation study concludes [1].  There are,...

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Sector learning: the Resource Centre Network approach in Honduras

Sector learning is a new thematic area of the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. Sector learning seeks to systemise the capture and sharing of experiences in the WASH sector and to develop...

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Peri-urban water supply: a sustainable model in post-conflict Angola

One of the important challenges of post-war reconstruction is to provide more and better quality basic services, such as water. Previous attempts at upgrading main supply systems to accommodate...

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People with HIV/AIDS: water and sanitation needs

WaterAid Tanzania and AMREF conducted a study [1] in Tanzania on access to water and sanitation for People Living with HIV and AIDS. It was prompted by the observation that the water and sanitation...

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Development aid and access to water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa

A study by the African Development Bank (AfDB) concludes that improved sector coordination and capacity building at the local level are some of the key elements to increase efficiency in the water and...

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Indonesia: has the multi-subsector approach been effective for urban services...

A 2010 evaluation by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) of its urban services projects in Indonesia revealed that the success rate of projects under the multi-subsector approach is 44% compared with 68%...

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Facilitating WASH forums in Africa

In 2009, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation initiated a learning event consisting of the facilitation of multi-stakeholder processes (MSPs) on water-related issues in 12 countries throughout...

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Technology transfer: barriers to uptake of innovations in emergency water and...

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...

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Urban water supply: learning to mitigate risks in Asia

Risks that can impair development effectiveness in the urban water supply sector are multidimensional, says a new report [1] by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This highlights the sector’s...

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Commercialised water services can work for the poor, says SNV

The poor in small towns in Africa can and do benefit from commercialised water services, says SNV in a new practice brief [1]. As long as water companies are socially responsible and they are backed up...

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Guided Learning on Water and Sanitation (GLoWS) in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, rural WASH Committees or WASHCOs receive support from Technical and Vocational Training Centres (TVETC). Staff from these centres often only have theoretical knowledge and little or no...

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Monitoring to understand what the problems are and to address them

In March 2012, UNICEF and WHO announced that the Millennium Development Goal  for water (to reduce, by half, the number of people without access to safe drinking water) had been met. An enormous...

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