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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Vision 2030 : the resilience of water supply and sanitation in the face of climate change

17 Dec 09

This document summarizes the evidence found in the Vision 2030 Study that set out to increase understanding of how and where climate changes anticipated in the medium term will affect the drinking-water and sanitation situation.

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Towards the realization of free basic sanitation

17 Dec 09

The aim of this study was to assess the experience of municipalities in South Africa in the implementation of free basic sanitation (FBSan) services and to develop economic and financial models for a sustainable FBSan service.

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