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• (Journal Article) From the Editor

  01.06.1994
  

• (Journal Article) Fertile grounds for mobile money: Towards a framework for analysing enabling environments

  01.03.2011
  The potential of mobile phones to revolutionize access to financial services in developing countries is exemplified powerfully by the success of the M-Pesa mobile money service in Kenya. But the apparent difficulty of replicating M-Pesa's success even in neighbouring countries suggests that some contexts may be more receptive to such an innovation than others. In this paper we seek to understand the environmental dynamics affecting the uptake of mobile money. We demonstrate that, aside from strong strategy and good business models, the impact of financial services in developing countries is dependent on the potential for market penetration, and the socio-economic and political environments in which services take root.

• (Journal Article) Waterpoints

  01.10.2007
  

• (Journal Article) Editorial

  01.05.2011
  

• (Journal Article) Waterpoints

  01.07.1989
  

• (Journal Article) Promoting school sanitation and hygiene education in rural Gujarat: The WASMO experience

  01.01.2007
  Getting people to learn better hygiene and sanitation habits - and to stick to them - can be a tall order. But when village water committees, schools and local NGOs acted in partnership with government in Gujurat, the result was a wealth of enthusiastic and creative activities.

• (Journal Article) Improving management of manually emptied pit latrine waste in Nairobi’s urban informal settlements

  01.01.2021
  Sanergy has offered reliable, non-sewered sanitation services in Nairobi, Kenya through the implementation of container-based, urine-diverting dry toilets. However, there remains a large volume of untreated faecal waste in urban informal settlements due to poorly managed pit latrines. With limited space in the settlements to bury old pits and dig new ones, management of faecal sludge requires manual pit emptying and safe discharge. Sanergy piloted the Mtaa Fresh project in the settlement of Mukuru Kwa Njenga, establishing a waste transfer station where manual pit emptiers could safely and reliably dispose of pit latrine contents. The most important factors in the successful implementation of this station were, first, the relationship established between Sanergy and the pit emptiers and, second, Sanergy’s commitment to iterating as new insights emerged. The relationship with the emptiers impacted the location, design, and adoption of the site, and aided in the formalization of a pit emptiers’ community-based organization. The commitment to iterating enabled Sanergy to respond to learnings gained from the emptiers. Additional factors that ensured the success of Mtaa Fresh included the implementation of full-time staff, security when the site is closed, support from local authorities, and an expansion to improve management of faecal sludge and trash. Improvements trialled during the expansion aim to minimize operation and maintenance costs, but sustainability will still rely on government support and external funding.

• (Journal Article) From the Editor

  01.06.2006
  

• (Journal Article) Diary

  01.06.1997
  

• (Journal Article) An economic impact: Productive waterpoints in dryland areas

  01.10.1998
  Rural water-supply policy has tended to focus on only two social aspects: better access to domestic supply and improved sanitation. Less attention has been paid to investigating exactly how people would prefer to use the water to develop their own livelihoods.

• (Journal Article) Action research in scaling up rural water supply and sanitation in Ethiopia and the Philippines

  01.10.2004
  The international NGO Plan is using its experience in two countries to establish two action research pilot projects, involving government agencies, CBOs and NGOs, with the potential to be scaled up to the national level.

• (Journal Article) Indigenous practices and quality perception in the production of kilichi, a grilled dried meat in Niger

  01.01.2019
  Production and processing of meat constitute important activities that procure substantial revenues for breeders, food processors, and sellers, as well as supplying animal proteins to the populations of Niger. Among the meat products, kilichi is one of the most popular, made of a diversity of meats, but also produced in diverse forms. A survey involving 695 stakeholders was carried out to investigate kilichi production, selling, consumption, and quality perception in different regions known to be the highest production zones of kilichi in the country. Data collected were analysed by descriptive statistics and correspondence analyses. Production and commercialization of kilichi involved men exclusively, all from the Hausa ethnic group, with more than 80 per cent between 21 and 50 years old, all of Islamic religion and low educational level. Two categories of kilichi were produced from bovine, camel, ovine, and goat meat, comprising coated kilichi enrobed with sauce made from blends of ingredients and uncoated kilichi slightly seasoned. Within each category, types of kilichi were differentiated by the process, mainly involving enrobing, drying, and grilling, and the types of seasonings used, which probably affect the organoleptic, nutritional, and sanitary quality of kilichi. The quality attributes of kilichi are flavour, tenderness, friability, and shelf life. The survey also showed that the production of kilichi was artisanal, and unsanitary conditions prevailing in the workshops can result in unsafe food.

• (Journal Article) Sanitation for rural housing in Sri Lanka

  01.01.1987
  

• (Journal Article) Developing standard operating procedures for sanitation workers working with urban utilities in Pakistan

  01.01.2019
  It is now globally recognized that sanitation workers face a fatality risk that is 10 times higher than workers in all other industries, and their injury risk is 2.5 times higher than that of miners. Pakistan is the most urbanized country in South Asia and most of the urban population resides in 10 large cities of which five are in the province of Punjab. In Punjab province, these big cities are Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Lahore, and Faisalabad. The poor use and maintenance of sanitation systems aggravate the problems of sanitation workers. There were no standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the sanitation workers and due to the absence of such SOPs, the lives of these workers was at continuous risk. WaterAid Pakistan triggered this discussion among the utility managers of the five big cities of Punjab, two large cities of Sindh, one from Balochistan, and two from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. All these utilities are members of the steering committee of the Pakistan Water Operators Network (P-WON). This triggering paved a way for the consultative process for the safety of sanitation workers in the water and sanitation agencies of these utilities. The process resulted in the formulation of precautionary measures for manual desilting of sewers by the sanitation workers.

• (Journal Article) Rapid assessment of groundwater opportunities for displaced and refugee populations

  01.07.2007
  Refugee camps may be more like cities than rural areas in terms of their demand for volumes of drinking water. When conducting a rapid assessment of groundwater, designers should consider how much is needed and how it will be delivered. An integrated approach is required to take into account the needs of pre-existing local populations as well as future operation and maintenance.

• (Journal Article) How WaterAid looked back

  01.06.2003
  What is the impact of a water supply project ten years later? WaterAid's Looking Back study aimed to find out. In this research, community members were asked to help design the questions on project impact, as well as answer them.

• (Journal Article) Steps to sustainability: a road map for WASH

  01.07.2017
  This paper presents a strategy for achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 6.1 and 6.2 (universal access to clean water and to adequate sanitation and hygiene) in the context of rural Uganda. With participation of the Ministry of Water and Environment, a group of local government representatives have consulted in a series of workshops and meetings over the past five years. This ‘Learning Alliance’ has been hosted by a Ugandan social enterprise, Whave Solutions. The alliance undertook a systems analysis that identified key barriers to effective WASH delivery, such as financial disincentive for preventive maintenance. A regulatory structure and service delivery public–private partnership (PPP) approach was developed and implemented through practical maintenance contracts in more than 200 communities. The PPP key elements were performance payment for preventive maintenance, reliability assurance contracts between a service utility and rural communities, proposed new by-laws, standard constitutions, banking and legal status for the management committees of communities, and institutionalized monitoring. The paper describes how staged implementation of these elements has potential to transform the prospects for financial viability of reliable and universal water access in line with SDG 6.1, and how this process improves investment in piped supply as a key method of improving sanitation access and hygiene, in line with SDG 6.2.

• (Journal Article) Technical Brief No.10: Waste stabilization ponds

  01.07.2004
  

• (Journal Article) New skills, new lives: Kerala's women masons

  01.07.1998
  The Jeevapoorna Women Masons of Thrissur have revolutionized local expectations of what women can and cannot do. What's the secret of their success - and are the men happy?

• (Journal Article) Waterpoints

  01.10.2003