As part of its scaling up rural sanitation and domestic private sector participation programs, the water and sanitation program (WSP) of the World Bank has been commissioning formative research studies...
This working paper reviews the first decade (2001-11) of Uganda's pioneering private sector participation (PSP) model for small town water supply. The number of towns under the PSP model has steadily risen...
In Pakistan, the deterioration of the environment continues to harm livelihoods and health, increasing the vulnerability of the nation's poor. It has long been clear that lack of access to clean water...
Taking an integrated approach to the country's rural water supply issues, Government of India's (GoI's) National Rural Drinking Water Program (NRDWP) focusses on the key aspects of source and system sustainability...
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)'s Global Scaling up Hand washing Project (HWWS) has ended its four-year implementation period (2007-2011). The project tested whether innovative approaches can generate...
Over the last 30 years, most rural sanitation projects have had pockets of success, but were small in scale and could not be scaled up. Learning how to expand on the successes of small-scale projects to...
Over the last 30 years, most rural sanitation projects have had pockets of success, but were small in scale and could not be scaled up. Learning how to expand on the successes of small-scale projects to...
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has provided technical assistance to support government efforts to scale up rural sanitation since 2007 through Scaling up Rural Sanitation (TSSM). One of the central...
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has implemented the Global Scaling up Rural Sanitation Project since 2007. One of the central objectives of the project is to improve sanitation at a scale sufficient...
In Kenya, community run small-scale water systems play a critical role in supplying and improving access to water services in peri-urban and rural areas. This is largely because municipally-owned water...
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is in the final phase of the Global Scaling up Hand washing Project, implemented in Peru, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In Peru, where the project is known as Iniciativa...
The Water and Sanitation Program's (WSP) Global scaling up handwashing project is testing whether innovative promotional approaches to behavior change can generate widespread and sustained improvements...
Global scaling up rural sanitation is a Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) project currently being implemented in India, Indonesia, and Tanzania. Working with local governments and the private sector in...
Global scaling up rural sanitation is a Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) project currently being implemented in India, Indonesia, and Tanzania. Working with local governments and the private sector in...
Gender is a concept that refers to socially constructed roles, behavior, activities and attributes that a particular society considers appropriate and ascribes to men and women. A useful definition of...
Gender is a concept that refers to socially constructed roles, behavior, activities and attributes that a particular society considers appropriate and ascribes to men and women. A useful definition of...
The World Bank administered Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) recently passed the mid-point of the four-year timeframe for its Global Scaling up Sanitation Project (TSSM). TSSM tests proven and promising...
The World Bank administered Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) recently passed the mid-point of the four-year timeframe for its Global Scaling up Sanitation Project (TSSM). TSSM tests proven and promising...
Advocates of promoting handwashing with soap agree that this behavior has important health benefits across the globe. Efforts, both large-scale and focused, are underway worldwide to promote handwashing...
Performance benchmarking is a powerful tool to make service providers more accountable, and to measure progress while improving performance. This review examines the introduction of performance benchmarking...