Water and sanitation
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- Achieving the Millenuim Development Goal 7: case study of Lao
- ( G. Hutton;B. Larsen;L. Leebouapao / UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program , 2009)
- Unimproved sanitation and hygiene have a wide array of impacts, which can be categorized into impacts on health, water, time use, and tourism. This study shows that a significant number of people livi...
- Is private sector participation the best measure?
- ( H. Gunatilake (ed);M., F. Carangal–San Jose (ed) / Asian Development Bank , 2008)
- This paper examines the experiences of private sector participation (PSP) in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector. The paper argues that publicly owned water utilities have not always been suc...
- Globalisation and the impact of macrodynamics on water commodification
- ( P. Bond / Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal , 2008)
- This paper argues that understanding the link between global capitalist crisis macrodynamics and water commodification trends requires a discussion of the crucial intervening public management strateg...
- What does water as a human right mean in the Middle East and North Africa region?
- ( A.K. Biswas (ed);E. Rached (ed);C. Tortajada (ed) / International Development Research Centre , 2008)
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In 1992, a United Nations declaration proclaimed water as a human right. However, the water profession and the vast majority of governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have no...
- How to improve water governance and water management
- ( P. Moriarty;C. Batchelor;F.T. Abd-Alhadi / EMPOWERS Partnership Programme , 2007)
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Water is an increasingly scarce and contested resource around the world, particularly in the Middle East. There is general agreement about the need to improve water governance - the process of maki...
- How to strengthen service delivery in fragile states?
- ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2008)
- Delivering public services is a top priority in fragile states if these states are to make progress towards...
- Development of tools to support decision-making in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector
- ( M. Palaniappan;M. Lang;P., H. Gleick / Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security , 2008)
- The aim of this report is to aid the development of a decision-making support tool in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector that will serve practitioners seeking the best options to meet th...
- A franchise approach to water supply
- ( J. Bagwan;K. Wall / Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa , 2007)
- This paper describes an alternative service delivery institutional concept, namely, the franchising of local entrepreneurs, to increase the coverage and reliability of water services in South Africa. ...
- Workable alternatives to privatisation of water sector
- ( M.A. Manahan (ed);N. Yamamoto (ed);O. Hoedeman (ed) / Focus on the Global South , 2007)
- Water crisis is largely a problem of governance. While there is an obvious bias towards privatisation as a solution to the water sector problems, the last few years have also seen many social mobilisa...
Towards long-term strategies for irrigation in Afghanistan
- ( B. Rout / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit , 2008)
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This paper develops and presents a typology of irrigation systems in Afghanistan. The report is intended to enhance knowledge of irrigation methods and management with the aim of improving system p...
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