Water users in Lira district, Northern Uganda have adopted a new way of ensuring regular payment of user fees and continued functionality of their sources. From the funds collected in monthly fees, they have started a loan scheme for users. Many community members who have benefited from the... Read more...
This paper is about the costs of providing direct and indirect support to rural water service provision and provides an overview of the features such... Read more...
Could lack of definition be undermining the impact of effective but costly support? Read more...
The RWSN Forum will bring together water sector actors from around the globe to engage in lively discussions about the realities of improving rural water supplies. Read more...
Plan International's global review of their expenditures on water supply and sanitation takes into account the cost of implementation, software components and post-construction support. Read more...
While the problem of poor sustainability - and the threat it poses to achieving the MDGs - may be well recognised, concrete steps for addressing it are considerably less clear. Triple-S, an IRC initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently completed a 13-country study to... Read more...
How do you set a tariff for water in a small town in a developing country, so that people can afford to pay and there is enough money to sustain the service? Lamisi Dabire from Triple-S Ghana asks the Akatsi Water and Sanitation Board, in the Volga Region, Ghana.
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