Source - Lessons Learned
Blog: “Time to acknowledge the dirty truth behind community-led sanitation”
06 Jul 11
In rural India, extremes of coercion are being used to encourage toilet use writes Liz Chatterjee in the Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog. Her provocative post has drawn comments from the likes of Robert Chambers, Rose George, Ned Breslin and Erik Harvey.
Lessons: Financing household on-site sanitation for the poor
06 Jul 11
Interesting key message emerge from a new Research Brief from a recent WSP/World Bank study o improve understanding of the financing of on-site sanitation at the household level through analysis of field experiences in six countries: Bangladesh, Ecuador, India (Maharashtra), Mozambique, Senegal, Viet Nam.
Urban water supply: small-scale providers in sub-Saharan Africa often costly
21 Apr 11
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 quality monitoring, small-scale providers often deliver services that are very costly and of varying quality.
WASH in schools: more scientific evidence needed
21 Apr 11
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.
WASH multi-stakeholder partnerships: lessons from Africa
16 Feb 11
Successful multi-stakeholder efforts that have transformed disagreements over water into collaborative partnerships have shaped human history and often contributed to the rise of great civilisations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt and the pre-Columbian cultures of Latin America. This is why, in 2009, SNV-Netherlands Development Organisation initiated a learning event consisting of the facilitation of multi-stakeholder process (MSPs) on water-related issues in12 countries throughout Africa.
Thailand: lessons for effective public finance for household sanitation
03 Dec 10
Four decades ago Thailand’s political leadership chose to allocate relatively little funding to sanitation but concentrate available financing on training local health officers, village leaders and volunteers so that they could conduct a range of activities including demand promotion and rigorous monitoring and evaluation.
Indonesia: the multi-subsector approach less effective for urban services assistance
26 Aug 10
The multi-subsector approach (vis-à-vis other approaches) should not be adopted in urban projects unless there is adequate local capacity, a set of clear financial procedures, a local champion for the project, and a single coordinating authority. This is one of the recommendations from a 2010 evaluation by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) of its urban services projects in Indonesia.
Bangladesh: lessons from recent sanitation initiatives
26 Aug 10
Strong national policy support for innovative action can dramatically transform government, partner, and community actions into a participatory social movement, is one of the key lessons from a recent evaluation of the successes of Bangladesh’s Total Sanitation Campaign. This campaign led to more than 90 million people in Bangladesh gaining access to, and using, latrines in a five-year period.
Gender: female meter reader raises water revenues in Afghanistan
20 Jul 10
Hiring a female meter reader in a USAID-funded project in Afghanistan resulted in 75 per cent increase in collected revenue in the first month. In the local cultural context, only a woman can access household meters during times when only other women are at home.
Regulation: pro-poor reform of water and energy supply services
20 Jul 10
Broad efforts at regulatory reform and increasing energy and water access may, but will not necessarily, help the poor, says an Asian Development Bank policy brief published in April 2010
