IRC Associate
Freelance writer, journalist, editor, consultant and trainer. Peter researches, writes and edits mainly on water and sanitation, health and development. He is has been acting as consultant to the BRAC WASH project in Bangladesh supporting their communications work and providing training, and was for five years consultant to IRC's WASHCost project. Over the past years, Peter has been supporting the IRC Ghana team in communicating their district based work.
Two ferrocement cylindrical tanks of 5 cubic metres and 16 cubic metres capacity were analysed, designed, constructed and tested. Read more...
Water tanks made from bamboo reinforced cement have been reported in several Asian countries. The major problem identified is durability. Read more...
The effect of an agricultural technical change on intra-household welfare is discussed. Existing theories suggest that the distribution of resources... Read more...
As part of a research project on Alzheimer's disease and aluminium in drinking water, this article discusses chemical considerations relative to... Read more...
This paper examines the widening scope of IDRC's Information Sciences Division's informatics sub-programme in response to a broader client base, the... Read more...
The New Horizon's workshop in Bangalore, India, from 28 November to 2 December 1994 was the culmination of two years of collaborative investigation... Read more...
The effects of improving the water supply on the incidence of diarrhoea in 1096 children from three neighbouring villages of the Kirotshe rural... Read more...
The incidences of Schistosoma mansoni infection and reinfection were investigated in an endemic area of Brazil, Peri-Peri, State of Minas Gerais,... Read more...