Documents & Reports
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Poor-inclusive urban sanitation : an overview (English)
Most of the world's population now lives in urban areas, and in developing regions the proportion living in cities and towns has risen from 35 percent in 1990 to 45 percent in 2010, from 1.4 billion to...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 80347 Document Date: August 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Blackett,Isabel C.,Hawkins,Peter M.,Heymans,Christiaan
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Getting Africa to meet the sanitation MDG : lessons from Rwanda (English)
According to the 2010 Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) update household access to sanitation facilities has increased faster in rural Rwanda than in any other country in Sub-Saharan Africa. Almost four million...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 63544 Document Date: July 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jain,Nitin
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Sanitation in Alandur : community response energizes work (English)
Alandur Municipality in Tamil Nadu is improving sanitation services to slum dwellers through an inclusive approach that benefits all segments of the township. The effort demonstrates how services can be...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 71919 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Slum Sanitation Program in Mumbai : stakeholder participation paves way for sustainability (English)
A novel initiative that gives slum dwellers and non-governmental organizations a role in the design, implementation, and care of basic urban sanitation facilities is under way in greater Mumbai's densely...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 71923 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The Slum Networking Project in Ahmedabad : partnering for change (English)
An integrated approach to development is steadily reaping results in Ahmedabad, Gujarat's largest city. Slum communities, as target beneficiaries, have joined hands with government agencies, non-governmental...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 71922 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Ahmedabad Slum Electrification Program : electrifying change (English)
Municipal authorities in Ahmedabad, Gujarat's largest city, had initiated a trust- and confidence-building exercise with people in informal settlements and slums to address the menace of illegal electricity...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 71921 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Bangalore water service delivery : indigenous model shows the way (English)
From 2000 to 2005, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) experimented with service delivery in slums, first through three pilot projects under a donor-funded program, and then through a...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 71918 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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New Delhi power limited : partnering for power (English)
A public-private partnership initiative to rationalize the distribution of power in Delhi has proved to be a success. From a situation where losses were humongous and power thefts were a norm, the privatization...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 71920 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Solid waste management initiatives in small towns : lessons and implications (English)
In recent years, select examples have emerged of initiatives developed and launched by small urban local bodies in India that have transformed service levels and helped improve compliance with the municipal...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 38743 Document Date: October 1, 2006
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Rural water supply and sanitation in Africa : global learning process on scaling up poverty reduction, Shanghai Conference, May 25-27, 2004 : Rural water supply and sanitation in Africa: global learning process on scaling up poverty reduction (English)
Water, sanitation and hygiene are essential for achieving all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and hence for contributing to poverty eradication globally. This case study contributes to the learning...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 31713 Document Date: May 25, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Durban metro water - private sector partnerships to serve the poor (English)
This case study outlines Durban Metro Water's carefully structured partnerships with the private sector firms Lyonnaise des Eaux and Vivendi, which have been undertaken in an overall attempt to improve...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 30361 Document Date: May 1, 2001 Author: Brocklehurst,Clarissa
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The Buenos Aires concession - the private sector serving the poor (English)
In 1993, a 30-year concession contract was awarded to a private company, to operate the water, and sewerage services in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the time, tariffs barely covered the costs of the inefficient...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 23722 Document Date: January 31, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Zerah,Marie-Helene,Graham-Harrison,Kathleen Patricia
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The Buenos Aires Concession : the private sector serving the poor (English)
In May 1993, a 30-year concession contract was awarded to a private company to operate the water and sewerage services in Buenos Aires. At the time, tariffs barely covered the costs of the inefficient...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 38754 Document Date: January 1, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The cancellation of the Pune Water Supply and Sewerage Project - challenges in private sector participation (English)
In 1998, the Pune Municipal Corporation attempted to implement an urban environmental infrastructure project, valued at approximately U$S 185 million. Though construction, and management contracts with...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 23723 Document Date: December 31, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Zerah,Marie-Helene,Graham-Harrison,Kathleen Patricia
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Arsenic mitigation in West Bengal and Bangladesh: developing private sector supply chains to deliver rural water technology (English)
Groundwater is an important source of domestic water in Bangladesh and West Bengal, but it is now clear that much of the groundwater in these two areas is contaminated with naturally-occurring arsenic...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 31425 Document Date: December 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The growth of private sector participation in rural water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh (English)
Twenty-five years ago, the private sector was almost completely uninvolved in the provision of goods and services for rural water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh. The situation is radically different...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 31427 Document Date: December 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Afridev handpumps in Pakistan: developing private sector supply chains to deliver rural water technology (English)
Ten years ago, the Afridev handpump was relatively unknown outside of Africa. Today it is manufactured in three out of the four provinces of Pakistan and more than 80,000 locally manufactured Afridev handpumps...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 31424 Document Date: December 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Developing private sector supply chains to deliver rural water technology : the treadle pump - an NGO introduces a low-cost irrigation pump to Bangladesh (English)
In the rural water supply and sanitation sector, goods and services (technology, training, repair services, financial and technical services, and facility management) are supplied to customers through...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 22726 Document Date: August 31, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Community selection and responses : a study of issues and solutions : the NWFP community infrastructure project (English)
In a community-based and demand-led project, the appropriateness of the communities identified and selected, the relevance of selection criteria, the project's ability to be flexible and adaptive in responding...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 46342 Document Date: December 1, 1998 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hosoin, Mehreen,Samina,Tayyaba,Akbar, Mohamma