by Polly Markandya | Apr 23, 2018 | News
Since December 2012, we have been implementing a programme which explored how to catalyse private sector involvement in on-site sanitation, using three test countries: Bangladesh, Kenya and Zambia. The programme enabled us to try different technologies, models and...
by Polly Markandya | Apr 18, 2018 | News
A government minister’s signature at the bottom of a newly passed bill can be the result of years of concerted effort from numerous stakeholders. But that signature doesn’t automatically translate into sustained change on the ground, which is where it matters. This is...
by Polly Markandya | Apr 16, 2018 | News
WSUP Advisory commences scale-up work with city utility, building on WSUP’s 10 years in Lusaka New report analyses progress made to date on unsewered sanitation in city Learn more about WSUP Advisory Brown Mbewe lives in Kanyama, Lusaka’s most densely populated...
by Polly Markandya | Apr 11, 2018 | News
In this blog post, I wanted to draw people’s attention to some fascinating recent commentary by Ian Ross around sanitation costings. Ian’s an ex-OPM consultant, now taking time out with LSHTM to do a PhD looking at costs of sanitation: so he’s able to put a lot of his...
by Polly Markandya | Apr 11, 2018 | News
This week, Water & Sanitation for Urban Populations (WSUP) held a webinar to explore what an enabling environment for urban sanitation really looks like. Despite its evident importance to achieving scale, the components of a well-functioning enabling environment...