Despite the demonstrated health, economic, social, and environmental benefits that sanitation improvements provide, governments consistently underfund and place a low priority on sanitation.
Published September 2018. This evaluation is the fourth in the series. It examines how urban water and sanitation services in India have changed since FIRE-D closed and to what extent policies, practices, and financing mechanisms introduced through FIRE-D have been sustained.
Published August 2017. The second evaluation in the series examines the sustainability of water utility capacity building, microcredit, and financial outcomes associated with the ESP activity, which was implemented from 2004–2010.
To identify demand-driven, country-led initiatives, the Water for Africa through Leadership and Institutional Support (WALIS) project developed its Improving WASH Evidence-based Decision-making (IWED) program to provide strategic support to six go
The ambitious goal of achieving universal access to safe water and sanitation as set out in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, has led to increased investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and inst
Sanitation remains a neglected service in Africa. There is chronic under-investment in sanitation infrastructure and management, and a general lack of strategic approaches for addressing sanitation on a larger scale.