by Polly Markandya | Apr 16, 2018
This Policy Brief reports a research project that identified ways of improving enforcement of by-laws requiring urban landlords to provide acceptable sanitation facilities for their tenants. In Ga West, as in other Ghanaian municipalities, by-laws requiring landlords...
by Polly Markandya | Jan 25, 2018 | News
Shared toilets are (pretty much by definition) not inside your house: when you need to go, you need to go outside. So a big concern is women’s security: if you have to walk to the toilet, often in a slum with high crime levels, there’s a risk you’ll be assaulted,...
by Polly Markandya | Jan 25, 2018
Findings from the Maputo Sanitation (‘MapSan’) project in Mozambique This Policy Brief summarises the findings of a qualitative research study which looked at causes and levels of psychosocial stress among users of traditional shared latrines and...
by Polly Markandya | Aug 20, 2017
This Topic Brief presents assessments of the financial performance of six WSUP-supported WASH service delivery models in Bangladesh, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zambia. Each model has been developed in partnership with locally mandated service providers to facilitate...
by Polly Markandya | Jul 18, 2016
Public toilets are the leading form of sanitation in urban Ghana: in Kumasi, 700,000 people use one each day. This Note presents the activities of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to raise the standard of these services.
