Small-scale private providers increase water supply coverage and reduce time spent on fetching water, often providing a vital service, particularly for low-income households in sub-Saharan Africa. However, in the absence of a coherent policy framework with effective tariff enforcement and water... Read more...
More scientific evidence is needed on impacts of WASH in schools action on the ground in the developing world. This is becoming clear from the online WASH in Schools debate that UNICEF and IRC are running until the end of May 2011. Read more...
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched its Facebook page in January 2011 and an integrated SMS service in March 2011 to enable public monitoring of garbage collection sites and public urinals/toilets in areas under its jurisdiction. In the first month of operation 99 per cent of the... Read more...
Le service Source des nouvelles sur l’eau et l’assainissement est rendu en trois langages ( anglais , français et espagnol ) par le centre international sur l’eau et l’assainissement (IRC), en collaboration avec des partenaires locaux. Read more...
I hope I'm not bothering you, but I wanted to tell you that I have been using your Water for kids page ( http://www.irc.nl/page/30389 ) for my students at school, I hope that's OK! I am a student teacher working on my lesson plans and your page definitely has some great stuff I could use! Read more...
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...