New Publications
DPRK sector report : water and environmental sanitation
13 Aug 02
The report provides an overview of the sector and current programme activities. The major problems in the sector are described as well as the humanitarian strategy that is basis for the response.
Water prices in CEE and CIS countries : a toolkit for assessing willingness to pay, affordability and political acceptability
13 Aug 02
This report presents a set of concrete tools that can be used to quantify households' affordability and willingness to pay for water and wastewater services.
Who governs water resources in developing countries?
29 Jul 02
Discusses the transformation of the agenda of public sector reform in developing countries within G-7 governments, the multilateral lending institutions they control, and transnational corporations which influence both groups.
Flooding the land, warming the earth
29 Jul 02
This booklet reviews recent research, mostly in Canada and Brazil, indicating that dams and their associated reservoirs are globally significant sources of emissions of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and, in particular, methane.
Environmental problems in an urbanizing world
29 Jul 02
A revised and expanded edition of "Environmental problems in Third World cities" published in 1992.
Water quality : guidelines, standards and health
29 Jul 02
Until now the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed, in isolation from one another, separate guidelines for water quality for drinking, irrigation and recreational purposes.
Guidelines for prevention of infection and cross infection in the domestic environment
15 Jul 02
This second edition is adapted to the situations of developing countries, to include additional issues, concerns and guidelines for promoting hygiene in the homes of low income groups in these countries.
Improving community based management of boreholes
15 Jul 02
This paper examines ways in which the rate of hand-pump sustainability may be improved. The main conclusion is that sustainability is more likely through using good quality products, and by assuring reliable management services are provided by the users.
Sector wide approaches for water and sanitation development
15 Jul 02
Sector wide approaches (SWAp) are long-term programmes meant to coordinate aid in one sector and to replace the conventional project approach.
Key factors for sustainable cost recovery in the context of community-managed water supply
01 Jul 02
Sustainable cost recovery relies on a series of factors that range from tariff design to the design of an appropriate strategy, the application of sound financial management principles, the optimization of costs and the promotion of willingness to pay.
