New Publications
Urban water supply sector risk assessment : guidance note
15 Apr 10
This sector guidance note for Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff involved in commissioning and/or undertaking governance risk assessments as required under ADB’s Second Governance and Anticorruption Action Plan (GACAP II) seeks to increase awareness of risks that can reduce the benefits from operations in the urban water supply sector
Strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene in schools : a WASH guidance manual with a focus on South Asia
15 Apr 10
This manual provides information on a number of essential topics related to WASH in schools and contains relevant activity sheets.
Marching together with a citywide sanitation strategy
17 Mar 10
This book contains the principles a municipal government should consider before developing a citywide sanitation strategy.
Water, sanitation and hygiene : sustainable development and multisectoral approaches
17 Mar 10
Report of the 34th WEDC International Conference which focused on the sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation.
Progress on sanitation and drinking-water : 2010 update
17 Mar 10
This report presents the current status and trends in 209 countries or territories towards reaching the drinking-water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target, along with an assessment as to what these trends reveal.
Safe Drinking Water Alliance : experiences in Haiti, Ethiopia, and Pakistan : lessons for future water treatment programs
03 Mar 10
This report describes the results of the Safe Drinking Water Alliance (SDWA)’s project to test three marketing models for increasing demand for water treatment.
Financing on-site sanitation for the poor : a six country comparative review and analysis
02 Mar 10
This study aims to improve understanding of the finance of on-site household sanitation through careful analysis of practical field experience in a wide range of projects. The study reviews on-site sanitation financing in six carefully selected case studies.
Strengthening capacities for planning of sanitation and wastewater use : experiences from two cities in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
02 Mar 10
This report starts with a description of the methodology followed in the Wastewater Agriculture and Sanitation for Poverty Alleviation (WASPA) in Asia Project, including the overall project approach and some key concepts applied.
Reaching the MDG target for sanitation in Africa : a call for realism
02 Mar 10
This document contains a synthesis paper and four issue papers and four issue papers. The purpose of the synthesis paper is to discuss central challenges in connection with providing sanitation services from the perspective of international development assistance
Access and behavioral outcome indicators for water, sanitation, and hygiene
02 Mar 10
This document reflects the evidence that has accumulated to date on how to measure in a reliable and valid way hygiene practices that are critical for the prevention of diarrheal disease and the reduction of child morbidity and mortality.
